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The influence of the urban environment on health has been recognized as a determining factor in creating contemporary urban models that favor health and well-being of city inhabitants. Today, as the spread of COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, it is evident that the risks to health in urban environments need to be readdressed, as the cities that cater to contemporary lifestyle needs, demonstrate immense liability to the virus spread. Imposed change in living dynamics, the growing demand for the use of public spaces, and the relationship between public spaces and disease transmission, are only some of the most vigorously debated topics of today, raising numerous questions about the future of the city. Within this academic framework, the paper examines existing inventory of public spaces in Sarajevo aiming to address the possibility of the city to transit towards a wider and more homogeneous supply of public space. Through cartographic representation the research produces maps - an atlas of the main categories of public spaces such as parks, gardens, plazas and pedestrian areas. The results provide an insight into the assessment of vulnerability and risk in Sarajevo in terms of public areas availability and propose specific spatial interventions that could provide a more adequate response for the changing social behavior during and after COVID-19 pandemic.
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Zejnilović, E., Husukić, E., Taletović, J., Ponjavić, M. (2022). Envisioning Sarajevo as Pandemic-Resilient City: A Case Study on Public Spaces. In: Ademović, N., Mujčić, E., Akšamija, Z., Kevrić, J., Avdaković, S., Volić, I. (eds) Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications VI. IAT 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 316. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90055-7_53
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