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Rise of Work from Home & Post-pandemic Urban Form in Global Cities

Jaewon, Lim; Eunah, Kang; Hwajin, Lim; Son, Jung Won; (2023) Rise of Work from Home & Post-pandemic Urban Form in Global Cities. Journal of Korea Planning Association , 58 (5) pp. 5-26. 10.17208/jkpa.2023.10.58.5.5. Green open access

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Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has unprecedented impact on the lives of urban residents in global cities. Due to the changing lifestyle facing the pandemic, global cities have experienced the structural shift in urban form. This paper aims to study the changing patterns of commuting (resulted from increasing work from home options), population (re)distribution, demand in office space at urban cores among the four global cities facing the COVID-19 pandemic. The four global cities included in this study are New York, London, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. Through meta-analysis among these four global cities, this paper compares the pandemic experience shapes the evolution of structural shifts in urban form. For all four cast study cities, the share of WfH (Work from Home) among workers has significantly increased during the pandemic and this pattern is expected to last in post-pandemic era. Population (re)distribution pattern differs slightly. In the global cities like New York, London, and Tokyo, intra-metro residential relocation was the main type of population redistribution. However, in Los Angeles, the inter-metro migration (mainly out-migration) to nearby metros with rapidly growing economy and more affordable housing options was the dominant type of population (re)distribution in pandemic. With the high WfH pattern in post-pandemic era, the observed population (re)distribution pattern is expected continue. Accordingly, demand for office space at urban core declines with higher vacancy rate and lower rental prices compared to that during the pre-pandemic period.

Type: Article
Title: Rise of Work from Home & Post-pandemic Urban Form in Global Cities
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.17208/jkpa.2023.10.58.5.5
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.17208/jkpa.2023.10.58.5.5
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: COVID-19, Global Cities, Urban Form, Commuting, Work from Home (WfH)
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177167
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