Viability of compact cities in the post-COVID-19 era: subway ridership variations in Seoul Korea.

Autor: Kwon D; Program in Regional Information, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanangno, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea., Oh SES; Program in Regional Information, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanangno, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea., Choi S; Program in Regional Information, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanangno, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea., Kim BHS; Program in Regional Information, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanangno, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea.; Program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanangno, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Annals of regional science [Ann Reg Sci] 2022 Mar 07, pp. 1-29. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 07.
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-022-01119-9
Abstrakt: COVID-19 exposed the vulnerability of compact cities against shock events. As the impact of COVID-19 not only persists, but also expands throughout the world, this study questions whether the compact city model would be sustainable in the post-COVID-19 era. As such, this study examines the dynamics among major COVID-19 outbreak events, government interventions, and subway ridership in two compact cities, Seoul and New York City. Then, to gain thorough understanding of the impact of risks on compact urban form, it narrows the scope to Seoul in comparing subway ridership patterns in 2019 and 2020, and identifying characteristics that affect the volatility of subway ridership levels. The results affirm that individual mobility, COVID-19 outbreaks, and government interventions are closely related, and reveal that the extent of social distancing measures in compact cities is limited. This finding aligns with existing literature that link diseases transmission with dense population and mixed land use, accentuating the vulnerability of the compact city model against shocks. As a result, a multidimensional urban planning approach that incorporates polycentric and decentralized urban form is recommended to effectively and sustainably control disease outbreaks in compact cities.
(© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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