Volume 4: Policy and Planning

Pierre Filion is Professor at the School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Canada.Brian Doucet is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Social Inclusion at the School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Canada.Rianne van Melik is Assistant Professor in Urban Geography at the Institute for Management Research (IMR), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

• Introduction: Policymaking in the Face of Uncertainty and Inequality ~ Pierre Filion, Brian Doucet and Rianne Van MelikPart 1: COVID-19 and Urban ChangesThe Exaggerated Report of Offices’ Demise: The Strength of Weak Workplace Ties ~ Richard Shearmur, Manuela Parra-Lockhorst and Alastair Wycliffe-JonesPlatform Labour in Urban Spaces After COVID-19 ~ Sandro Mezzadra, Mattia Frapporti and Maurilio PironeMore Cycling and Road Closures, but for Whom and Where? ~ Rebecca MayersGoverning “The Night” in Post-COVID-19 Lisbon: Challenges, Opportunities and Uncertainties ~ Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros, João Carlos Martins, Cristiana Vale Pires and Jordi NofreSmall Business Owners in Stockholm and the Anti-Lockdown Pandemic Strategy ~ Rosa DanenbergUrban Inequalities and the Lived Politics of Resilience ~ Oleg Golubchikov and Geoffrey DeVerteuilPart 2: The Pandemic, Social Inequality and MobilizationNavigating Socio-Economic Pressures in COVID-19 Urban Kenya: A Relational Geographies’ Perspective ~ Christiane Stephan, Mario Schmidt and Eric Mutisya KiokoOn Standby? But for How Long? The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures on the Urban Poor of Sri Lanka ~ Mohamed Minas, Dilshani N. Ranawaka and Lothar SmithCombatting Older Adult Loneliness: It Takes a (Blended) Village ~ Maxwell Hartt, Samantha J. Norberg, Julie Karns, Maliha Majeed and Barry PendergastKindness More Contagious Than Viruses: An Inclusive and Innovative Response to Inequalities in Ankara ~ Özgür Sayın and Savaş Zafer ŞahinResisting Disaster Capitalism During COVID-19 in Chile: People Fight Back ~ Claudia González-Muzzio, Vicente Sandoval and Carmen Paz CastroRapid Deployment of Transport Infrastructure and Urban Social Injustice: The Case of Medellín, Colombia ~ Carlos Cadena-Gaitán, Alejandro Álvarez-Vanegas and María C. Flórez-MunozPart 3: Municipal and Urban Policy ResponsesTransnational Experiences of COVID-19: Transferable Lessons for Urban Planning Between the Global South and the Global North ~ Shauna Brail, Michael Martin, Jagath Munasinghe, Rangajeena Ratnayake and Julie RudnerUrban Mobility, Working Culture and Administration During the COVID-19 Crisis: Adjustments for a Resilient City ~ Kerstin Stark, Julia Schuppan, Ariane Kehlbacher, Julia Jarass and Laura GebharbtPublic Transport Qualities and Inequalities in Pandemic Times ~ Marcus Finbom, Wojciech Kębłowski, Wladimir Sgibnev, Louise Sträuli, Peter Timko, Tauri Tuvikene and Tonio WeickerCOVID-19 and the Creative City: Lessons From the UK ~ Jonathan Gross, Tamsyn Dent and Roberta ComunianUrban Regional Planning Under the Pandemic: The Case of Oslo ~ Lars Böcker, per Gunnar Røe and Elling OftedalDistributing, De-Synchronizing, Digitilizing: Dealing With Milan Transport Inequalities in Post-COVID-19 Society ~ Paola Pucci, Giovanni Lanza and Bruna VendemmiaThe View From the Socio-Spatial Peripheries: Milan, Italy and Toronto, Canada ~ Lorenzo De Vidovich, Julian Iacobelli, Samantha Biglieri and Roger KeilConclusion: The Pandemic and Beyond ~ Pierre Filion, Rianne Van Melik and Brian Doucet