The Penalty of Mobility in Manila during Periods of Public Health Crises

Mobility seems to impose a paradoxical penalty on individuals based in Metro Manila. Looking at the experiences of public health crises during the American colonial period and the present-day Covid-19 pandemic, this essay focuses on the inordinate restrictions on and blame assigned to the least mobi...

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Main Author:	Pante, Michael D
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2020
Subjects:	transportation urbanization cities pandemic informal settlers Development Studies Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/54 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/773020
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-10532021-08-06T03:10:12Z The Penalty of Mobility in Manila during Periods of Public Health Crises Pante, Michael D Mobility seems to impose a paradoxical penalty on individuals based in Metro Manila. Looking at the experiences of public health crises during the American colonial period and the present-day Covid-19 pandemic, this essay focuses on the inordinate restrictions on and blame assigned to the least mobile segments of the population despite the fact that such crises are aided by heightened mobility. Past and present disease outbreaks force us to acknowledge that our cities contain groups of people with varying levels of mobility, another form of social inequality that badly needs to be addressed. 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/54 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/773020 History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo transportation urbanization cities pandemic informal settlers Development Studies Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
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topic	transportation urbanization cities pandemic informal settlers Development Studies Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
spellingShingle	transportation urbanization cities pandemic informal settlers Development Studies Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Pante, Michael D The Penalty of Mobility in Manila during Periods of Public Health Crises
description	Mobility seems to impose a paradoxical penalty on individuals based in Metro Manila. Looking at the experiences of public health crises during the American colonial period and the present-day Covid-19 pandemic, this essay focuses on the inordinate restrictions on and blame assigned to the least mobile segments of the population despite the fact that such crises are aided by heightened mobility. Past and present disease outbreaks force us to acknowledge that our cities contain groups of people with varying levels of mobility, another form of social inequality that badly needs to be addressed.
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title	The Penalty of Mobility in Manila during Periods of Public Health Crises
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The Penalty of Mobility in Manila during Periods of Public Health Crises

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