Urban immunity against the pandemic within the framework of public administration, city and citizens

Negiz, Nilüfer (author), Savaş-Yavuzçehre, Pinar (author)

The circumstances arising in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic indicate that outbreaks are inevitable and that new pandemics are quite likely. Cities, just like people, need to protect themselves from pandemics. Therefore, the existing urban and spatial practices should be reconsidered. The aim of the study is to explore, by observation and literature review, the cities' readiness for possible pandemics or emergencies within the framework of the concept of urban immunity. Based on the elements necessary for the provision of immunity in humans, the requirements for urban immunity, the health of the infrastructure and superstructure of the soil, the resources and sustainability of a city, its resilience and growth control are discussed within the framework of urban management. In addition, the study identifies three indispensable actors for urban immunity: i) central governments, ii) local governments, and iii) citizens. Immunized cities can be defined as cities with healthy infrastructure and superstructure factors of urban soil aiming at economic and ecological sustainability that have achieved a planned and controlled growth momentum, governed by public policies created with the understanding of local welfare and democracy in cooperation with local governments, citizens, and the central government. The study is purely theoretical and focuses on universal urban immunity rather than on any country example, which constitutes the strength of the study.

• Language: English
• Keywords: urban immunity, immunized city, pandemic, COVID-19, local government, central government
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FU - Faculty of Administration
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 243-260
• Numbering: Vol. 19, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128555
• UDC: 352:616-036.22
• ISSN on article: 2591-2240
• DOI: 10.17573/cepar.2021.1.11
• COBISS.SI-ID: 66307587

Note

Povzetek v slov. jeziku se nahaja na koncu revije, na str. 288.

• Publication date in RUL: 19.07.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Central European public administration review
• Shortened title: CEPAR
• Publisher: Fakulteta za upravo
• ISSN: 2591-2240
• COBISS.SI-ID: 293849600

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 11.05.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Urbana imunost proti pandemiji v okviru javne uprave, mest in državljanov

Abstract

Okoliščine v zvezi s pandemijo covida-19 kažejo, da so izbruhi neizogibni in da so nove pandemije zelo verjetne. Pred njimi se morajo tako kot ljudje zaščititi tudi mesta, zato velja ponovno pretehtati obstoječe mestne in prostorske prakse. Cilj študije je raziskati pripravljenost mest na morebitne pandemije ali izredne razmere v okviru koncepta t. i. urbane imunosti. Na podlagi elementov, potrebnih za zagotavljanje imunosti pri ljudeh, članek v okviru upravljanja mest preučuje pogoje za urbano imunost, stanje infrastrukture, vire in trajnost mesta, njegovo odpornost in nadzorovano rast. Poleg tega opredeljuje tri nujne deležnike za doseganje urbane imunosti: i) državne oblasti, ii) lokalne oblasti in iii) državljane. Imunizirana mesta lahko opredelimo kot mesta z zdravo infrastrukturo, ki stremijo k ekonomski in ekološki trajnosti, dosegajo načrtovan in nadzorovan zagon rasti, urejajo javne politike, oblikovane z razumevanjem za lokalno blaginjo in demokracijo v sodelovanju z lokalnimi oblastmi, državljani in državo. Študija je zgolj teoretična in se osredotoča na zagotavljanje univerzalne urbane imunosti in ne na katero koli državo, kar je vsekakor njena prednost.

• Keywords: urbana imunost, javna uprava, pandemija, covid-19, lokalna samouprava, državna uprava

Projects

• Funder: TUBITAK - Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu
• Project number: 126K640
• Name: The City During The Pandemic Process: A Study in Terms of Expectation-Capacity in Providing "Urban Immunity (Lakes Region Case)"