The 2020 public health emergency has interested the whole word and, although in different manner and measure, changed habits and use by people of places and cities. In many countries public spaces became completely empty and new urban landscapes have substituted for the previous one, transforming the private into public. Houses and balconies were – and still are – used as work and study spaces, breaking down the boundaries between public and private life.
Children and young people have had their education moved onto the internet; many adults have started are working from home; elderly people now meet their grandchildren on the video of the computer. Children, young and elderly people are those who have had particular problems: for them, real life has been disrupted during an important period of their life.
During and after the lock down, people came to understand how important public spaces are. The reaction to the first reopened period was that many people in a massive way started to use them and often in a chaotic manner with a consequent risk to create new contagion risks. Many rules, varying by country were carried introduced. What it is important now is that the way we use public spaces should change. Healthy public spaces are good public spaces independently of whether there is a pandemic or not.
Some principles that could create healthier places include:
In next week’s contribution to EURA Conversations Paula Russell, University College of Dublin, Ireland offers some thoughts on “Community response”.
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