Hu Richard
Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT Australia.
Socioecol Pract Res. 2020;2(3):237-241. doi: 10.1007/s42532-020-00055-2. Epub 2020 Jun 25.
In this essay, I share my experiences and reflections of fighting COVID-19 from the perspective of a resident and a planner living and working in Canberra, Australia. I focus on three themes of building community compassion and collaboration and regard them as potential opportunities deriving from this crisis. First, COVID-19 presents a compulsory situation for establishing a virtual community and practising smart work. Second, COVID-19 helps rediscover a local community and nurture a special community spirit under the social distancing circumstance. Third, COVID-19 creates more opportunities of engaging and understanding nature, interestingly, in a context of staying home. These three themes are in large part rooted in the local communities of a city that is known for low density and being a 'bush capital' and possibly suggest some rethinking about the city's planning legacy.
在本文中，我将从一名居住和工作在澳大利亚堪培拉的住院医生及规划者的视角，分享我抗击新冠疫情的经历与思考。我着重探讨建立社区同情心与协作的三个主题，并将它们视为这场危机带来的潜在机遇。其一，新冠疫情为建立虚拟社区和推行灵活办公创造了必要条件。其二，新冠疫情有助于在社交距离的情况下重新发现当地社区，并培育一种特殊的社区精神。其三，新冠疫情创造了更多接触和了解自然的机会，有趣的是，这是在居家的背景下实现的。这三个主题很大程度上扎根于这座以低密度和“丛林之都”闻名的城市的当地社区，可能也促使人们对该城市的规划遗产进行一些反思。
