Coworking in emergency Covid-19: what effects for peripheral areas?

Abstract

The work examines 'Coworking in emergency Covid-19: what effects for peripheral areas?', in relation to the territorial dimension with the relevant economic and institutional aspects. The pandemic triggered by the massive spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus soon altered the custom and lifestyle of each individual in every part of the world 1. The dynamic interaction and physical, social, cognitive and organizational proximity (beyond Boschma, 2005) is the very essence of the CS, where the interchange is vital for the functioning of such modern workers communities (Akhavan, Mariotti, 2018; Mariotti, Akhavan, 2005). If, on the one hand, certain landscape conditions by locus amoenus typical of remote areas can undoubtedly lighten tensions also frequent in urban environments 'nevrotic' and promote psychophysical well-being, it is equally true that the absence of certain structural assets, such as broadband 7, can inhibit the predisposition to any type of work. In addition, if the Finnish CS model was adopted in peripheral areas within public buildings (e.g. libraries), possibly connected to existing coworking networks, it would be necessary to verify.

Keywords

Public health; COVID-19 pandemic; Local authorities; urban economy; Internal areas; labour market

JEL codes

I18; J21; R11