Urban Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic Perspectives of the Visegrad Group Countries

Urban dimension of Visegrad response to the Covid-19 pandemic: An Introduction Kamil Glinka, Ladislav Cabada, Daniel Klimovský, Edit Soós

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, Robert Wiszniowski

2. The European reaction to the urban Covid-19 pandemic crisis and recovery, Kamil Glinka

3. The impact of the Visegrad Group on the European response to the Covid-19 pandemic - the urban perspective, Robert Wiszniowski, Kamil Glinka, Waldemar Sęczyk

4. Urban response to the Covid-19 pandemic - in search of a theoretical model, Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek

PART 2. URBAN PANDEMIC COUNTERMEASURE IN THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES – OVERALL VIEW

5. The urban response to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and recovery under the pressure of the recentralization. Lessons from Poland, Kamil Glinka

6. The changes in Czech urban policies during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, Ladislav Cabada

7. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on municipal self-governments and its post-COVID-19 recovery. Evidences from Hungary, Zsuzsanna Fejes

8. Municipal self-governments in Slovakia during and after the Covid-19 pandemic: fast reactions, quick adaptation, limited capacities, and reform impetus, Daniel Klimovský

PART 3. PANDEMIC DILEMMAS OF URBAN POLICIES IN THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES

9. The impact of Covid-19 on the economic situation of municipalities and their socio-economic life, Šárka Waisová

10. Public urban transport in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic: current trends, technological opportunities, and social challenges, Dawid Krysiński, Michał Czepkiewicz, Filip Schmidt, Cezary Brudka

11.  Education in the (post)pandemic crisis - challenges and prospectus, Beata Detyna, Robert Wiszniowski

12. Culture in the pandemic and post-pandemic period. Lesson learned?, Kamil Glinka

13. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the implementation of the green city concept, Barbara Panciszko-Szweda

14. Youth participation in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak, Anna Kołomycew, Elżbieta Szulc-Wałecka

15. Municipalities and recovery plans: a missed opportunity?, Pavel Hulec

16. The transnational cooperation of municipal self-governments within Eurocities. European Green Deal as the Covid-19 pandemic response instrument, Katarzyna Dośpiał-Borysiak

17. The impact of Covid-19 emergency measures on urban democracy, Edit Soós

PART 4. THE VISEGRAD GROUP AND NEIGHBORS - COMPARISON OF THE RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

18. German response to the pandemic crisis. Lessons from the pandemic period and the analysis of the post-pandemic recovery mechanisms, Marlena Piotrowska

19. Navigating the complexities. Municipal self-governments in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ukraine, Oleh Brovko, Katarzyna Kuć-Czajkowska

Towards effective and efficient urban post-Covid recovery in the V4 countries? Conclusions Kamil Glinka, Ladislav Cabada, Daniel Klimovský, Edit Soós

Biography

Kamil Glinka is a PhD with habilitation in the political science, an associate professor and vice-director for the science and development at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Wrocław (Poland), a member of Steering Committee of Standing Group on Central and East European Politics of the European Consortium for Political Research, METREX Bernard Steinacher Fellow 2022–2023, an author of publications on theory of state, public governance, urban policy, public communication, a practitioner collaborating with municipal self-governments and non-governmental organizations in Poland.

Ladislav Cabada is a full professor, a vice-rector for research and creative work as well as a vice-rector for quality and development of the Metropolitan University in Prague (Czechia), a member of Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research, a visiting scholar at Ludovika University of Public Service (Hungary), a senior president of the Central European Political Science Association.

Daniel Klimovský is a PhD with habilitation in political science, an associate professor at the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University (Slovakia), an author of publications devoted to public administration as well as political issues linked to sub-national levels, an advisor and expert to municipal self-governments and government administration in Slovakia.

Edit Soós holds a PhD in political science, habilitation in legal sciences, an associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Szeged (Hungary), an author of publications devoted to Central and Western European politics and policies, the EU law and European integration. As a practitioner she collaborates with municipal self-governments and public institutions in Hungary.