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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50702 Urban studies
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
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.
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