Urban co-authorship and quarantine: person-city relations in the new coronavirus pandemic

Resumo Cidades vazias e nem tão vazias. Pessoas isolam-se, outras continuam explorando a cidade por necessidade ou por não temerem/acreditarem no perigo. A pandemia da Covid-19 mudou parte do mundo, e este artigo busca investigar novas perspectivas do conceito de coautoria urbana (Rocha, 2019) ante a crise. Essas perspectivas, pautadas por modificações nas relações dos cidadãos com a cidade, também transpassam a latência das desigualdades social e racial, gerando respostas das pessoas. Assim, busca-se compreender como as apropriações urbanas funcionaram e se organizaram durante o isolamento social, no momento de reabertura, e quais perspectivas do pós-pandemia, de forma ainda genérica. Este artigo se apoia em autores como Lefebvre (2008) e Foucault (1987), dentre outros, na observação do cotidiano e em entrevistas.

Urbanization and Tourism Development in Bogor City

This study examines the impact of urbanization on tourism development in Bogor City as part of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA). Previous studies examined the impact of urbanization based on an analysis of urbanization indicators. Inter-city relations in JMA lead to capital and population flows in the form of inter-city migration, development of residential and industrial areas. This study examines the impact of urbanization on tourism development in cities around Jakarta. The argument put forward, urbanization can build a form of city tourism. The study was conducted in Bogor City, a part of JMA, which has experienced urbanization since the royal era and has a variety of tourism services. In contrast to previous research, this study examines urbanization indicator data and the relationship between urbanization history and urbanization indicator data with the development of tourism facilities. The study found that urbanization encourages the development of hotel and restaurant tourism facilities in Bogor City. This is not related to the historical urbanization of the city, other tourism developments, and the relative position of Bogor City among JMA cities. Urbanization encourages the development of tourism facilities through inter-city tourist activity. The research proposes to study the development of tourism facilities as a new perspective on urbanization studies at JMA.

The Effect of Port Gate Location and Gate Procedures on the Port-City Relation

Ports are important hubs that have positive impacts on the regions they serve, but they also pose some challenges that need to be addressed. Many ports around the world have aligned their development strategies with the concept of green growth; however, the green and efficient performance of ports does not only depend on the port management itself; some elements need to be negotiated and approved by local and national governments. One of such elements is road port access. We investigated the impact of port gate location and port gate procedures on port’s performance by examining the case of the Adriatic port of Koper, the only Slovenian international cargo port. We found that significant external costs are incurred due to a non-optimized situation caused by the lack of coordination and cooperation on all levels, although the port of Koper is one of European core ports. Further, delayed digitalization of port gate procedures caused by port management adds to degradation of port city relations.

The City of Padang Challenges For Paradiplomacy

<p>International activities of local governments, also known in the literature as paradiplomacy, have significantly increased in the recent years. In Indonesia, local governments are allowed to conduct international relations or city diplomacy in supporting of central government. In doing so, multiple international agreements have been signed by Indonesian local governments, mostly establishing sister city relations. The most active actors on the international stage are big cities, such as Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bandung, all situated in Java. This research aims to explore challenges faced by small city, in this case city of Padang in conducting city diplomacy. The authors interviewed public officers in city of Padang and collected secondary data on the topic based on literature study. this article argues that small city has challenges that are not faced by big cities. The study found that small city cannot conduct city diplomacy as well as big cities due to the following factors: lack of awareness of city diplomacy, small number of staff with sufficient knowledge about international relations, and lack of information and idea about the implementation of sister city MoU or action plan and complex bureaucracy procedure in conducting an agreement which potentially less motivate staff in doing paradiplomacy. This article concludes that city of Padang is still working to obtain many agreements in term of sister city while creating many action plans to effectively the agreements.</p>

Technoscapes and mediascapes influence on village and city relations in Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara

The development of infrastructure and information technology has a significant impact on the relationship between Ruteng, the capital of the Manggarai district, and the surrounding villages. The mobility of the people between the cities and villages has led to new problems which previously did not have a significant influence. The shrinking of the rural agricultural sector and the development of the informal sector in the city are indicative of the dynamic relationship between the two. In order to see the phenomenon of changes that occur in the relationship between Ruteng and the surrounding villages, a theory of landscapes by Arjun Appadurai is used. Interviews were conducted with two entrepreneurs who employed people from five villages, namely Wae Belang, Pong Murung, Purang, Lando, and Nanu, and ten workers from those villages. Observations and literature reviews were carried out to support and complement the data obtained by the interview method. Technoscape, in the form of physical infrastructure development in rural areas and mediascape in the form of television and radio shows, as well as social media, became a pull factor for migration to Ruteng. Meanwhile, the traditional view in the form of go’et (traditional expressions) and the similarity of culture become the push factors for urbanization to Ruteng.

Identifying Spatial Relationships between Built Heritage Resources and Short-Term Rentals before the Covid-19 Pandemic: Exploratory Perspectives on Sustainability Issues

Built heritage resources (BHRs) are multidimensional assets that need to be conceived under a sustainability and circular economy framework. Whereas it is essential that their conservation, management, and enjoyment are sustainable, it is also necessary that the environmental, cultural, and socio-economic contexts in which they are integrated are sustainable too. Like other amenities, BHRs can improve the quality of the urban environment and generate externalities; additionally, they may influence sectors such as real estate, hospitality, and tourism. In this framework, this contribution aims to identify spatial relationships occurring between BHRs and short-term rentals (STRs), i.e., a recent economic phenomenon facilitated by platforms such as Airbnb. Through the application of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis techniques and taking Turin (Italy) as a case study, this article provides evidence that spatial correlation patterns between BHRs and STRs exist, and that the areas most affected by STRs are the residential neighborhoods located in the proximity of the historic center of the city. Relations with other sets of socio-economic variables are highlighted too, and conclusions suggest that future studies are essential not only to monitor sustainability issues and reflect on new housing models and sustainable uses of buildings, but also to understand the evolution of the phenomenon in light of the pandemic Covid-19.

O agronegócio cafeeiro no município de Guaranésia-MG

O Brasil é um dos principais países exportadores de café, sendo a mesorregião sul/sudoeste de Minas Gerais a principal região produtora deste agronegócio. A consolidação e expansão da cafeicultura na região destaca a dependência econômica da atividade na mesorregião, tanto para a dinâmica urbana quanto agrária, tendo em vista a grande participação de minifúndios e pequenas propriedades como base da produção. Assim, a monocultura do café nesta região mineira se diferencia das regiões onde o agronegócio se destaca pelas grandes propriedades, sendo sua organização agrária um híbrido entre pequenas e grandes propriedades. Nesse presente artigo, coloca-se a questão de compreender a produção do agronegócio cafeeiro sul mineiro, onde, de um lado possuí altos investimentos em capital, através de grandes empresas que viabilizam a produção, e de outro, trata-se de um agronegócio produzido, em grande maioria, pelos produtores familiares. Com intuito de analisar as relações dos principais agentes envolvidos na produção desta agricultura desta região, destaca-se a produção cafeeira do município de Guaranésia, estando este entre os municípios produtores do país, pois, acredita-se que possa elucidar a realidade da região. Para tanto, se realizou um estudo com a temática das relações campo-cidade, por confiar que há nela elementos teórico-conceituais capazes de auxiliar na investigação empírica. Dessa forma, este artigo tem por objetivo compreender a dinâmica da produção cafeeira no município de Guaranésia, através dos principais agentes envolvidos na mesma.Palavras-chave: Café, Agronegócio, Agricultura, Agrária.AbstractBrazil is one of the leading coffee exporting countries, the southern/south-western mesoregion of Minas Gerais being the main producing region of this agribusiness. The consolidation and expansion of coffee production in the region highlight the economic dependence of the activity in the mesoregion, both for urban and agrarian dynamics, given the significant participation of small farms as the production base. Thus, the monoculture of coffee in this region of Minas Gerais differs from the regions where agribusiness stands out for its extensive properties, and its agrarian organisation is a hybrid between small and large farms. Here, the question arises of understanding the production of the coffee agribusiness in the south of Minas Gerais, where, on the one hand, it has high capital investments, through large companies that enable production, and on the other, it is an agribusiness produced in a vast majority, by family producers. In order to analyze the relationships of the leading agents involved in the production of this region's agriculture, we intend to investigate the coffee production of the municipality of Guaranésia, being this one of the largest producers in the country in the last harvests, since it believed that it could elucidate the reality of the region. Therefore, it proposed to carry out a study with the subject of the field-city relations, because we trust that there are theoretical-conceptual elements capable of assisting the empirical investigation. Thus, this research aims to understand the dynamics of coffee production in the municipality of Guaranésia, through the main agents involved in it.Keywords: Coffee, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Agrarian.Brazil is one of the leading coffee exporting countries, the southern/south-western mesoregion of Minas Gerais being the main producing region of this agribusiness. The consolidation and expansion of coffee production in the region highlight the economic dependence of the activity in the mesoregion, both for urban and agrarian dynamics, given the significant participation of small farms as the production base. Thus, the monoculture of coffee in this region of Minas Gerais differs from the regions where agribusiness stands out for its extensive properties, and its agrarian organisation is a hybrid between small and large farms. Here, the question arises of understanding the production of the coffee agribusiness in the south of Minas Gerais, where, on the one hand, it has high capital investments, through large companies that enable production, and on the other, it is an agribusiness produced in a vast majority, by family producers. In order to analyze the relationships of the leading agents involved in the production of this region's agriculture, we intend to investigate the coffee production of the municipality of Guaranésia, being this one of the largest producers in the country in the last harvests, since it believed that it could elucidate the reality of the region. Therefore, it proposed to carry out a study with the subject of the field-city relations, because we trust that there are theoretical-conceptual elements capable of assisting the empirical investigation. Thus, this research aims to understand the dynamics of coffee production in the municipality of Guaranésia, through the main agents involved in it.

Agricultura familiar e relações entre campo e cidade: o caso de um pequeno município do estado de São Paulo/Brasil / Family agriculture and field-city relations: the case of a small municipality in the state of São Paulo/Brazil

Este artigo é resultado da pesquisa de iniciação científica realizada durante o curso de graduação em Geografia da FCT/UNESP de Presidente Prudente, que contou com o financiamento da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). Em termos metodológicos, realizamos um estudo de caso no município de Dracena-SP, localizado no oeste do Estado de São Paulo. Nesse estudo nosso objetivo centrava-se na análise das relações entre o campo e a cidade no município em questão, a partir das interações que os agricultores desenvolviam com esses espaços e com os demais agentes envolvidos direta ou indiretamente com a agropecuária. Observamos o desenvolvimento de diversas estratégias de reprodução social, para as quais a aproximação com o espaço urbano é fundamental, nessa perspectiva, compreendemos que o campo e a cidade apresentam-se cada vez mais coesos à medida que as forças produtivas do capitalismo avançam no território.