Cities, Economies and COVID-19 Pandemic: An approach for robust economy and healthy lives in COVID World
About this ebook
The segregation of spaces in workplaces and public spaces can help us to avoid close contact between people and random movement of people. This study proposed 5 classifications of spaces to maintain 2m social distancing and 15 SQM minimum office space per person.
The study develops a sustainable 24- Hour Economy model to stretch the working hours of most of economic activities to 24-Hour a day and 7 days a week. The concept of Staggered Work hour and Staggered Work days has been used to reduce daily and hourly trips. The analysis of modelling is done on the basis of hourly-trips data, economic activities’ workforce data for London city. The detail modeling shows 35-53% of public transport based trips can be efficiently reduced in metropolitan areas during peak hours. And on average 40-50% occupancy of the office space can be reduced during working hours.
About the author
Himanshu Kumar is an urban planning professional. He has graduated in Bachelor of Planning from India’s premier institution, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi and post-graduated in Msc Planning from University of Manchester, UK. He is a professional member of Royal Town Planning Institute, UK. He had attended World Built Environment Summit, London 2018 as Rising STAR. He has work experience in town planning and GIS with deep interest in the field of economic development. This is the first published research paper of the author.
