Two months ago, few people could have imagined Sydney would have fenced-off beaches, police patrolling parks, restaurants and cafes shut down and no rush hour.
Two months ago, few people could have imagined Sydney would have fenced-off beaches, police patrolling parks, restaurants and cafes shut down, no rush hour andHuge crowds gathered to watch the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and danced until dawn at the after party on February 29 even as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged South Korea and Italy andDance parties and large public gatherings in the near future seem unimaginable as COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, dramatically changes city...
Workers build a medical facility in New York, which will have the capacity to care for up to 288 high-acuity COVID patients.Chief executive of the Committee for Sydney Gabriel Metcalf said the competency of government and the healthcare system was more important than the density of a city.
Stokes said shops, cafes, commercial and even light industrial businesses needed to be able to operate much closer to one another rather than being segregated. “While it’s too early to tell, clearly the pandemic will have lasting impacts on how we move around the city,” he said. “My prediction is that the concentrated peaks are likely to become more spread out, which will help to relieve congestion.
Moore said air pollution in many big cities had plummeted as a result of lockdowns. “When the crisis passes we will have the opportunity to consider the importance of clean air and blue skies as governments switch back to 21st century economic activity,” she said.In contrast, David Sanderson, the Judith Neilson chair in Architecture at the University of NSW, said health crises had afflicted cities without causing lasting change.
Rae Cooper, professor of gender, work and employment relations at the University of Sydney, said she hoped the health crisis prompted reflection on how workers are treated in these sectors and how they are valued. “This crisis absolutely demonstrates that highly feminised sectors are absolutely socially and economically valuable,” she said. “Keeping people alive, fed, educated and looked after is what should be valued.
Chair of urbanism at the University of Sydney Nicole Gurran said local shopping strips could also benefit if more people work from home and shun places where crowds congregate. "I think the big change is the importance of neighbourhood shops, the old corner store will probably see a big revival," she said. "The little neighbourhood strip where there might be a coffee shop and you still get a takeaway and shop locally.
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