Compact and polycentric urban forms as intertwined concepts:
Learning from the impacts of Covid–19 retail restrictions on
spatial (in)equalities in Brno (Czech Republic)

J 2023

Compact and polycentric urban forms as intertwined concepts: Learning from the impacts of Covid–19 retail restrictions on spatial (in)equalities in Brno (Czech Republic)

LICHTER, Marek and Jiří MALÝ

Basic information

Original name

Compact and polycentric urban forms as intertwined concepts: Learning from the impacts of Covid–19 retail restrictions on spatial (in)equalities in Brno (Czech Republic)

Authors

LICHTER, Marek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jiří MALÝ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Moravian Geographical Reports, Sciendo, 2023, 1210-8812

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50702 Urban studies

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.500 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131850

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0012

UT WoS

001082385900002

Keywords in English

compact city; polycentricity; spatial justice; retail; COVID-19

Abstract

V originále

Urban structure conceptualisation using compact and polycentric city narratives is often performed separately. However,although both are based on different spatial grammars, they are inextricably linked. The spatially equitable distribution andaccessibility of urban functions are often seen as their main contributions. This paper uses the unprecedented circumstancesof the COVID-19 pandemic to further analyse the relationship between the two narratives, using the radical transformationof a retail network in a post-socialist city (Brno, Czech Republic) as an example. Based on an in-depth analysis of governmentmeasures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus and their coverage in the media, operational changes among allstores in the city are quantified. A comparative spatial analysis then shows that, in addition to economic inequalities, spatialinjustice was exacerbated by the position of the central government, with varying degrees of intensity depending on the typeof urban structure. It is argued that the resilience potential of polycentric and compact structures is very low, especially in theabsence of retail planning and reflection upon spatiality in ensuring social equity.

Citovat

LICHTER, Marek and Jiří MALÝ. Compact and polycentric urban forms as intertwined concepts: Learning from the impacts of Covid–19 retail restrictions on spatial (in)equalities in Brno (Czech Republic). Moravian Geographical Reports. Sciendo, 2023, vol. 31, No 3, p. 129-140. ISSN 1210-8812. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0012.

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LICHTER, Marek and Jiří MALÝ. Compact and polycentric urban forms as intertwined concepts: Learning from the impacts of Covid–19 retail restrictions on spatial (in)equalities in Brno (Czech Republic). \textit{Moravian Geographical Reports}. Sciendo, 2023, vol.~31, No~3, p.~129-140. ISSN~1210-8812. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0012.

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