ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a major disruption to urban systems in cities all around the world. As such, it is vital to use this moment as an opportunity to re-evaluate contemporary planning directions in the government structures of the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Province. This article aims to do this by understanding the lessons that state-led COVID-19 responses hold for urban policy and practice in the City and Province in the future. It finds that, while it is too early to draw definitive conclusions about future planning directions, it is possible to reflect on early learnings from the events of the pandemic’s initial surge, particularly in the context of historical urban responses to public health crises.

摘要

COVID-19 大流行对世界各地城市的城市系统造成了重大破坏。因此，利用这一时刻重新评估开普敦市和西开普省政府结构的当代规划方向至关重要。本文旨在通过了解国家主导的 COVID-19 应对措施对未来市和省的城市政策和实践的经验教训来做到这一点。研究发现，虽然现在就未来规划方向得出明确结论还为时过早，但有可能从大流行最初激增的事件中反思早期经验，特别是在历史城市应对公共卫生危机的背景下。