Urban Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic : Perspectives of the Visegrad Group Countries (Hardcover)

Preface PART 1. MUNICIPAL SELF-GOVERNMENTS OF THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ? BETWEEN NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 1. The COVID-19 pandemic as an unprecedented challenge for municipal self-governments 2. The European reaction to the urban COVID-19 pandemic crisis and recovery 3. The impact of the Visegrad Group on the European response to the COVID-19 pandemic - the urban perspective 4. Urban response to the COVID-19 pandemic - in search of a theoretical model PART 2. URBAN PANDEMIC COUNTERMEASURE AND POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY IN THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES ? OVERALL VIEW 1. The urban response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and recovery under the pressure of the recentralization. Lessons from Poland 2. The changes in Czech urban policies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic 3. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on municipal self-governments and its post-COVID-19 recovery. Evidences from Hungary 4. Municipal self-governments in Slovakia during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: fast reactions, quick adaptation, limited capacities, and reform impetus PART 3. DILEMMAS OF URBAN POLICIES DURING THE PANDEMIC AND POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD IN THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES 1. The impact of COVID on the economic situation of municipalities and their socio-economic life 2. Public urban transport in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: current trends, technological opportunities, and social challenges 3. Education in the (post)pandemic crisis - challenges and prospectus 4. Culture in the pandemic and post-pandemic period. Lesson learned? 5. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the green city concept 6. Youth participation in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic 7. Municipalities and recovery plans: a missed opportunity? 8. The transnational cooperation of municipal self-governments within Eurocities. European Green Deal as the COVID-19 pandemic response instrument 9. Democratically, or how? The impact of COVID-19 emergency measures on urban democracy, PART 4. THE VISEGRAD GROUP AND NEIGHBORS - COMPARISON OF THE RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 1. German response to the pandemic crisis. Lessons from the pandemic period and the analysis of the post-pandemic recovery mechanisms 2. Navigating the complexities. Municipal self-governments in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, Conclusions