COVID-19 opens a new political window

Hambleton, Robin

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense suffering and misery. However, at the same time, it has created new possibilities for rethinking the kind of society that we want to create in the future. This article adopts an international perspective and explains how cities and communities across the world have responded to the public health emergency with kindness, compassion and inventiveness. A new political window of opportunity is opening up, one that suggests we can prioritise caring for people and the planet in the period ahead. Practical ways of doing this are outlined.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 10, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Dec 3, 2020
• Publication Date: Dec 3, 2020
• Deposit Date: Dec 20, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 14, 2021
• Journal: Town and Country Planning
• Print ISSN: 0040-9960
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 89
• Issue: 11/12
• Pages: 366-370
• Keywords: COVID-19, planning, leadership, caring, community
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6962434
• Additional Information: Nick Mathews, the editor of Town and Country Planning, has given explicit permission for the pdf of this article to be published on the UWE repository, even though it is behind a paywall on the web.