Green space and the compact city: planning issues for a ‘new normal’
Mick Lennon
Abstract
The paper traces the emergence of urban public green space as an issue of concern for planning. This is used as a platform to discuss the emergence of the compact city idea and how this conceives the design and use of such spaces. The paper then identifies a series of issues that need to be prioritised in future research for the planning of urban green space in the ‘new normal’ of social distancing consequent on COVID-19. Issues requiring attention and a series of outline examples of potential solutions are grouped beneath four categories: form & features, distribution, connectivity and resilience.
Topics & Concepts
Space (punctuation)Urban planningEnvironmental planningDistancingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Computer scienceUrban green spaceDistribution (mathematics)Architectural engineeringResilience (materials science)SociologyManagement scienceRegional scienceGeographyEngineeringCivil engineeringMathematicsThermodynamicsMathematical analysisInfectious disease (medical specialty)MedicineDiseaseOperating systemPathologyPhysicsUrban Green Space and HealthLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Design and Spatial Analysis