Pandemic Recovery?

Reframing and Rescaling Societal Challenges

Edited by Lauren Andres, Professor of Planning and Urban Transformations, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, John R. Bryson, Professor of Enterprise and Economic Geography, Department of Strategy and International Business, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK, Aksel Ersoy, Assistant Professor in Urban Development Management, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and Louise Reardon, Associate Professor in Governance and Public Policy, Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Birmingham, UK

This timely book offers an integrated and pragmatic approach to understanding recovery from all types of shock. Whilst particular focus is given to identifying and exploring various aspects of recovering societies in the context of COVID-19, Pandemic Recovery? is framed with a wider appreciation of other societal challenges, most notably anthropogenic climate change.

‘A comprehensive survey of “recovery society” highlighting how Covid-19 amplified existing inequalities, as well as generating myriad improvisations and forms of resilience. Perhaps most importantly, it underlines how political efforts too often remain premised on the pre-pandemic status quo even as shock events – including those associated with catastrophic climate change – continue to challenge communities across the world.’
——温迪学,Cardiff University, UK