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Municipal Response to COVID-19 for Sustainable Urban Development in Southeast Europe and Caucasus
Author:
Elena Darjania, Nina Janashia, Sophia Todua
Publisher:
Connective Cities
Description:
The COVID-19 pandemic tested the robustness and resourcefulness of mostly all municipal services, from transportation and waste management to recreation and communication, pushing cities to reinvent new ways to serve their citizens. Besides, pandemic-centered protocols set new behavioral patterns - many of which were quite stressful for urban economies. Others, on the contrary, made both city leaders and citizens rethink the status-quo regarding sustainability and resilience. They created the opportunity for a green and circular economy to determine the mood of the recovery. Thus, a deep and better understanding of a city’s systems and operation is required in order to move towards sustainable development and greater resilience. If cities manage to learn from the COVID-19 crisis and proactively apply long-term prevention and risk reduction approaches, they will meet future emergencies better prepared or avoid some of them.
The following report summarizes the study on municipal response to COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted in September 2020, more than half a year after the global emergency was announced. It covers cities of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine.
Categories:
COVID-19
Climate neutral urban development
Public Health & Public Services
Local economy & industrie
Connective Cities
Good Urban Governance
crisis management and disaster preparedness
Public health
Smart Cities / Digitalisation
Municipal services
Solid waste management and recycling
Urban mobility and public transport
Water supply / sewage
Local economic development
Green Urban Economy
Region:
Language:
English
Page count:
61
Copyright:
Connective Cities
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