ABSTRACT

Urban infrastructure has appeared as a central feature in a range of commentaries on the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the imprint of the pandemic on cities and the power-laden processes through which they are being rebuilt requires an attention to the politics and governance of infrastructure. In this intervention, we understand the pandemic as a moment to rethink claims over how infrastructures work and how they might be studied. We focus on three dimensions where COVID-19 has underscored the importance of infrastructure governance: as pandemic condition, as pandemic vulnerability, and as pandemic response. We argue that a strand of future academic work must be attuned to the continued importance of the governance of and by urban infrastructures in a world of cities in which COVID-19 and its associated economic, environmental, and social implications are likely to remain pervasive.

摘要

城市基础设施已成为一系列关于 COVID-19 大流行的评论的核心特征。了解大流行对城市的影响以及重建城市的耗电过程需要关注基础设施的政治和治理。在这次干预中，我们将大流行理解为重新思考关于基础设施如何工作以及如何研究它们的主张的时刻。我们关注 COVID-19 强调基础设施治理重要性的三个方面：大流行状况、大流行脆弱性和大流行应对措施。我们认为，未来的一系列学术工作必须适应城市基础设施治理和城市基础设施治理的持续重要性，在这个世界中，COVID-19 及其相关的经济、环境、