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

• Main Author: Pante, Michael D
• Format: text
• 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
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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...