Civic Resilience and the COVID-19 Crisis in Urban Asia

城市亞洲的公民韌性與COVID-19危機

10.6161/jgs.202112_(100).0006

侯志仁(Jeffrey Hou)

Pandemic ； civic resilience ； mutual aid ； self-help ； Asia cities ； 大流行 ； 公民韌性 ； 互助 ； 自救 ； 亞洲城市

地理學報

100期（2021 / 12 / 01）

121 - 136

英文

Civil society responses including self-help and mutual aid have played an important role in addressing the COVID-19 crisis around the world, including Asia. They represent a form of civic resilience, the ability of citizens and communities to cope with and adapt to social, economic, and environmental disturbances. But how exactly did communities and social groups in Asia self-organize to address challenges during the pandemic, particularly those facing the most vulnerable populations in society? What did these cases have in common? What can we learn from these civil society responses for future planning? What were the roles of researchers, spatial planning professionals, and institutions in strengthening community resilience? This article presents outcomes from a two-part webinar titled ＂Bottom-Up Resilience＂ that took place in July 2020 featuring activists, organizers, and researchers from Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, and Tokyo. Preliminary findings include contrasting responses from institutions and civil society actors, how the civil society responses have built upon and expanded trust and empathy in a given place, how civil society responses scale up, and such scalability has depended heavily on solidarity and collaboration. The article further discusses how these efforts represent a form of civic resilience, the continued barriers, and implications for spatial planning practices.

面對全球包括亞洲等地的COVID-19大流行危機，公民社會的自救與互助行動扮演了重要的救援角色。這些行動代表著一種「公民韌性」，也就是公民與社群在面對社會、經濟與環境動盪時應對與調適的能力。但這些亞洲的社區與社群，特別是弱勢的團體，究竟是如何透過自我組織來克服困境？這些案例有哪些共同點？有什麼值得學習以應用到未來的規劃工作？在強化社區韌性的工作中，研究者、空間規劃專業者和相關機構的角色有哪些？本篇論文整理了2020年7月所舉辦的一場名為“自下而上的韌性”跨國線上論壇，報告人來自香港、馬尼拉、上海、新加坡、台北、東京等地。初步整理的結論包括：機構與公民社會對疫情回應的反差、公民社會的回應如何根基並擴大在地原有的信任與同理心、公民社會行動如何提升層級，以及層級的提升如何依賴團結與合作。本文並進一步討論這些行動中如何呈現出公民韌性、持續的障礙，以及他們對空間規劃實踐的提示有哪些。

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