Overview
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Carlos Nunes Silva
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Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Groundbreaking analysis of Local Government response to the Pandemic
- A worldwide perspective of local policies towards the Covid-19
- Discusses lessons for the future of Local Government policies
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Part I
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- Maria del Pilar Tellez Soler, Remy Sietchiping
Pages 27-58
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- Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Arto Haveri
Pages 59-83
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- Rafael H. Forero H, Remy Sietchiping
Pages 85-102
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- Abraham R. Matamanda, Verna Nel, Nelson Chanza, Lucia Leboto-Khetsi, Fortune Mangara, Partson Paradza
Pages 103-128
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Part II
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Front Matter
Pages 129-129
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- Ramon Galindo Caldés, Marc Vilalta Reixach
Pages 227-245
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- Ramon Galindo Caldés, Joan Tort Donada, Albert Santasusagna Riu
Pages 247-275
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- Anna Trono, Valentina Castronuovo
Pages 341-362
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- Anastasia Stratigea, Andreas Alexopoulos, Spyros Sapounas, Angeliki Bistaraki
Pages 363-404
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Part III
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Front Matter
Pages 427-427
About this book
The book provides a global perspective of local government response towards the COVID-19 pandemic through the analysis of a sample of countries in all continents. It examines the responses of local government, as well as the responses local government developed in articulation with other tiers of government and with civil society organizations, and explores the social, economic and policy impacts of the pandemic. The book offers an innovative contribution on the role of local government during the pandemic and discusses lessons for the future. The COVID-19 pandemic had a global impact on public health, in the well-being of citizens, in the economy, on civic life, in the provision of public services, and in the governance of cities and other human settlements, although in an uneven form across countries, cities and local communities. Cities and local governments have been acting decisively to apply the policy measures defined at national level to the specific local conditions. COVID-19 has exposed the inadequacy of the crisis response infrastructures and policies at both national and local levels in these countries as well as in many others across the world. But it also exposed much broader and deeper weaknesses that result from how societies are organized, namely the insecure life a substantial proportion of citizens have, as a result of economic and social policies followed in previous decades, which accentuated the impacts of the lockdown measures on employment, income, housing, among a myriad of other social dimensions. Besides the analysis of how governments, and local government, responded to the public health issues raised by the spread of the virus, the book deals also with the diversity of responses local governments have adopted and implemented in the countries, regions, cities and metropolitan areas. The analysis of these policy responses indicates that previously unthinkable policies can surprisingly be implemented at both national and local levels.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Carlos Nunes Silva
About the editor
Carlos Nunes Silva, Geographer, PhD, Professor Auxiliar at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests focus mainly on urban and metropolitan governance, the history and theory of urban planning, urban planning in Africa, urban e-planning, urban planning ethics, local government policies, local e-government, and research methods. He is member of the Editorial Board of 'Planning Perspectives', the editor of the book series 'Local and Urban Governance', the founding editor-in-chief of the ‘International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)’ , and Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on ‘Geography of Governance’.
