Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes

The purpose of this note is to explain how the pandemic is reshaping regulations in China and affecting urban planning and city management. In preparing this note, a meta-analysis was conducted based on a review of China’s urban planning responses...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2022
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spelling okr-10986-377382022-07-22T18:39:02Z Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes World Bank COVID IMPACT ON URBAN PLANNING URBAN PLANNING REGULATORY GAPS URBAN MANAGEMENT REGULATION HEALTH-RESILIENT CITIES URBAN LAND USE REGULATION SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE PANDEMIC IMPACT CORONAVIRUS LONG TERM PLANNING PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY INTERVENTIONS The purpose of this note is to explain how the pandemic is reshaping regulations in China and affecting urban planning and city management. In preparing this note, a meta-analysis was conducted based on a review of China’s urban planning responses to COVID-19. The review covered newly issued regulations and amendments to the existing regulations at both national and subnational levels between February and August 2020. The note identifies regulatory gaps in urban planning and provides a systematic review of how China responses to COVID-19 and addresses gaps in urban planning and building design, including emergency interventions during this crisis, and post-COVID-19 responses to build health-resilient cities. The note concludes that in response to the pandemic, Chinese authorities have issued various policies and regulations on land use, environmental management, sectoral planning, public spaces, city management, and building design for different types of buildings. This note will directly contribute to the research on health cities, one of the four pillars of the China Urban, Resilience and Land Programmatic ASA. Our objective is to document diverse practices and responses to the pandemic from different countries and offer the policymakers a handy reference that can help them plan, develop, and implement policies and regulations. 2022-07-21T20:04:23Z 2022-07-21T20:04:23Z 2021-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099246006302220722/P1744240f3428905b09121070eb21d913b1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37738 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study East Asia and Pacific China
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topic COVID IMPACT ON URBAN PLANNING
URBAN PLANNING REGULATORY GAPS
URBAN MANAGEMENT REGULATION
HEALTH-RESILIENT CITIES
URBAN LAND USE REGULATION
SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
PANDEMIC IMPACT
CORONAVIRUS LONG TERM PLANNING
PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY INTERVENTIONS
spellingShingle COVID IMPACT ON URBAN PLANNING
URBAN PLANNING REGULATORY GAPS
URBAN MANAGEMENT REGULATION
HEALTH-RESILIENT CITIES
URBAN LAND USE REGULATION
SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
PANDEMIC IMPACT
CORONAVIRUS LONG TERM PLANNING
PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY INTERVENTIONS
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Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes
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description The purpose of this note is to explain how the pandemic is reshaping regulations in China and affecting urban planning and city management. In preparing this note, a meta-analysis was conducted based on a review of China’s urban planning responses to COVID-19. The review covered newly issued regulations and amendments to the existing regulations at both national and subnational levels between February and August 2020. The note identifies regulatory gaps in urban planning and provides a systematic review of how China responses to COVID-19 and addresses gaps in urban planning and building design, including emergency interventions during this crisis, and post-COVID-19 responses to build health-resilient cities. The note concludes that in response to the pandemic, Chinese authorities have issued various policies and regulations on land use, environmental management, sectoral planning, public spaces, city management, and building design for different types of buildings. This note will directly contribute to the research on health cities, one of the four pillars of the China Urban, Resilience and Land Programmatic ASA. Our objective is to document diverse practices and responses to the pandemic from different countries and offer the policymakers a handy reference that can help them plan, develop, and implement policies and regulations.
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title Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes
title_short Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes
title_full Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes
title_fullStr Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes
title_sort influence of covid-19 on china's urban planning and design regulations : a systematic review of recent policy and regulatory changes
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