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Enabling Access To Greenspace During The Covid-19 Pandemic-Perspectives From Five Cities - The Nature of Cities
Enabling Access To Greenspace During The Covid-19 Pandemic-Perspectives From Five Cities - The Nature of Cities
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The severity of the lockdowns on
workplace mobility has been stronger in
Barcelona and New York than Berlin/Halle
and Oslo, which in turn have had stronger
restrictions than Stockholm. The severity
of the pandemic and restrictions seems
roughly to coincide in the case of our
cities with urban density and greenspace
availability per inhabitant (see below).
About the Writer:
Francesc Baro
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Source: https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-
03-29_ES_Mobility_Report_en.pdf. Data for Barcelona
not available.
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Source: https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-
03 29_US_New_York_Mobility_Report_en.pdf
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Source: https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-
03-29_NO_Mobility_Report_en.pdf
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Source: https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-
03-29_SE_Mobility_Report_en.pdf
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Aidan Ffrench
My rm conclusion – and I invite responses – that states must seriously
consider ‘enfolding-in-law’ (at least constitutionally) a right to accessible
greenpeaces, within a reasonable distance/walking time (max. 10 mins)
for people. This is particularly needed in high-density and densifying
urban context,
Here in Dublin City (popn. c.1.6 milloin), Republic of Ireland, we are
fortunate to have – generally and on average – a relative high per
capita provision of open, green spaces. But the ‘devil is in the detail’,
crude general stats. are insu ceient. That tells little about the Quality
and Accessiblity (Proximity to people) of parks and greenspaces. For
example, arising from studies undertaken since 2008, we know that
there are sizeable pockets of deprivaiton and disadvatagte, aligned to
social class. Gap analysis for under-provision not only of greenspace,
but also of Play Areas and Urban Trees/Forests also tends to reveal
gaps aligned to lower socio-economic groups in society. In addtiion, the
failed neo-liberal economic model (virulent, law-of-the jungle capitalism)
followed by Ireland during the period 1998-2008, weakened Planning
and Development regulations, with developer-led projects the norm.
More recent changes in the government’s Apartment Design Standards
have severely reduced the minimum per capita “amenity” space
quantum, required of developers of high-density developed. These
highly questionable standards override the more strigent standards of
the country’s 31 local planning authorities (councils)
In our case (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council – the municipality
where i work as a Landscape Architect), the di erence is standard is
66%!
In the Republic of Ireland, we’ve a lot of political lip-service about the
importance of parks. The parks and landscape profession is weak and
barely present in local government. We’ve a lot of ‘skin-in-the-game’ but
little turf. Add that to the fact the Parks+Landscape Service is merely an
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