The Patterns of Stationary Activities during COVID-19 Distancing Relaxation: The elevated pedestrian network of Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Authors

  • Caterina Villani Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4941-7379
  • Gianni Talamini Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Zhijian Hu Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2461

Keywords:

Covid-19, public space, migrant domestic workers, behavioural mapping

Abstract

COVID-19 is expected to impact the low-income groups' use of public space and related quality of life beyond the current pandemic outbreak. To what extent may the current pandemic affect the use of public space once some restrictions will be lifted? This study focuses on the migrant domestic workers’ spatio-temporal changes in the patterns of public space use during social distancing relaxation period in Hong Kong. The findings highlight increase of individual leisure activities, decrease of density around informal food-production and of gathering group, comparatively to the pre-pandemic situation.

Keywords: Covid-19, public space, migrant domestic workers, behavioural mapping

eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2461

Author Biographies

Caterina Villani, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

Postdotoral Researcher

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

City University of Hong Kong

Gianni Talamini, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

Assistant Professor

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

City University of Hong Kong

Zhijian Hu, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

Postgraduate Student

Master of Urban Design and Regional Planning

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

City University of Hong Kong

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Published

2020-12-25

How to Cite

Villani, C., Talamini, G., & Hu, Z. (2020). The Patterns of Stationary Activities during COVID-19 Distancing Relaxation: The elevated pedestrian network of Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 5(15), 445–452. https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2461