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Concluding remarks, trends, and future research on new working spaces
Full text linkThis book provided a novel understanding of the socioeconomic and spatial
consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on NeWSps such as (i) coworking
spaces and smart work centres; (ii) makerspaces and other technical spaces (fab
labs, open workshops); (iii) other new working spaces (hackerspaces, living
labs, and corporate labs); and (iv) cofee shops and public libraries that provide
formal and informal spaces for working
Public libraries as new community hubs for remote workers?
No full textDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, new trends of remote workers have been observed between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas and changes to the ways of working from different angles. In this context, people have increasingly used public libraries as new working spaces. However, recent research has investigated this growing phenomenon in metropolitan areas, while the peripheral urban and rural areas have not yet been explored. First, the paper focuses on the evolving concept of public libraries in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Second, it reviews the current policies on public libraries (e.g., European, Norwegian and Italian) and the cases of Norway and Italy, which present new strategies and use of multifunctional libraries before and during the pandemic. Third, the study discusses the relevance and need for new peripheral hubs for working purposes. Implementing public libraries as new hybrid spaces should consider the differences among socio-economic and planning contexts and local policies
The emergence of coworking models in the face of pandemic
No full textThe present chapter aims to explore the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on different types of CSs, considering the existing variety of business models (profit and non-profit making). It is discussed whether and how the “nature” of these working spaces has been undermined by the pandemic has undermined the “nature” of these working spaces, and which measures have been undertaken by the CSs managers to confront the during and after the pandemic situations. Moreover, future trends for the CSs business model, as well as its location dynamics, are put forward together with policy implications aiming to face the rise of remote working. The chapter is structured around four sections. The introduction is followed by a focused literature review on the concepts of private and public CSs (section 2). Section 3 discusses the effects of the pandemic on the economic sectors, including CSs, and the description of three webinar interviews with CS managers and policy makers. Section 4 argues the possibilities of re-thinking the during- and post-pandemic CSs, and concludes with the urge for further research
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Hybrid cities and new working spaces – The case of Oslo
Full text linkRecent decades have seen the emergence of hybrid models of living and working associated typologies. These developments have been analysed from the perspective of different disciplines, each with their own interpretation of this phenomenon. Planning and architecture have addressed hybridization as a specific form of interaction between spatio-functional features (such as mixed use, multi-functionality and flexibility) and social features (such as formal and informal interactions and the spontaneous appropriation of spaces) or have sometimes simply focused on the spatio-functional dimension in urban spaces. Studies from other disciplines (e.g. mobility networks, transportation, sociology and information technology) have shown that hybrid spaces cannot exist without access to digitalization technologies. Such technologies are accelerating hybridization processes. This study examines the complex and layered phenomenon of hybridization as a possible combination of (or interaction between) spatio-functional, social and digital features within the planning debate and related fields. Most of the case studies explored by scholars so far have focused on interactions occurring between residential, social and recreational functions, but working functions are playing an increasingly important role. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of new forms of hybridity in cities. As a consequence, the rising use of hybrid (on-site and on-line) working practices, planners, policy makers and stakeholders, as well as scholars, have increasingly discussed the concept of hybridization. In this context, various hybrid typologies of urban spaces have materialized in forms such as new working spaces (NWS) which include co-working spaces, incubators, as well as some cafés and multi-functional public libraries, which have recently provided working spaces. This paper focuses on the evolving concept of hybridity from the planning perspective. Based on five hybrid NWS including their surrounding neighbourhoods in Oslo, it provides empirical evidence for an understanding of the phenomenon that may support the development of hybrid spaces and buildings and develops suggestions for planning strategies. © 2022 The Author
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