Problematising density

Covid-19, the crowd, and urban life

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3978398
AutoresAbigail Joiner (Durham University), Colin Mcfarlane (0000-0001-9209-4494, Durham University, autor de correspondencia), Ludovico Rella (0000-0001-5468-9526, Durham University), Michelle Uriarte-Ruiz (0000-0002-7753-5367, Durham University)
Año2024
Volumen25
Número2
Páginas181-198
Fecha de publicación2024-02-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2022.2143879
OpenAlexW4309074695
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas25

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically transformed the fundamentals of city management and everyday life. Density has been at the centre of this transformation. But how were densities managed during the pandemic? What are the political implications? And how did people come to perceive and experience densities? Drawing on research in five British cities – Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle – we argue that the pandemic produced a set of new problematisations of density. Those problematisations brought multiple concerns into connection with density: control and rights, the politics of crowds and protest, differential susceptibility to infection, changing orientations to the urban future, and patterns of social anxiety, trust and blame. We seek to advance research in Geography and Urban Studies on how urban densities are governed and experienced, on the urban dimensions of COVID-19, and on how an attention to density generates insight into the social and political life of cities

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Crowds · Economic growth · Everyday life · Gentrification · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Urban politics · Urban theory · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies