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Relational Cities Disrupted: Reflections on the Particular Geographies of
COVID-19 For Small But Global Urbanisation in Dublin, Ireland, and Luxembourg
City, Luxembourg
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Hesse M
; Rafferty M
Tijdschr Econ Soc Geogr
2020[Jul]; 111
(3
): 451-464
PMID32836483
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This paper looks at the particular geographies associated with the COVID-19
outbreak through the lens of cities that are products of relational urbanisation.
This includes small but highly globalised cities, such as financial centres or
hot spots of politics and diplomacy, which are usually situated between different
political, economic or cultural systems and their boundaries. These cities
experienced strong growth due to internationalisation and a dedicated politics of
extraversion. Our argument is that such places are unusually affected by the
current lock-down, illustrated by two empirical cases, the cities of Dublin,
Ireland, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Both have experienced striking growth
rates recently, but now suffer from disruption. Their development trajectories
remain unclear, since a return to the 'old normal' seems unlikely, and the
emergent 'new normal' calls for adaptation towards more state involvement in
areas hitherto governed by the market. The paper addresses possible alternative
geographies for both cases.
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