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The shrinking city awakens: perceptions and strategies on the way to revitalisation?
The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process, comprising cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social base. Shrinking cities can be defined as 'urban areas that have experienced population loss, economic downturn, employment decline and social problems as symptoms of a structural crisis'. Urban decline and the loss of employment opportunities are closely linked in a downwards spiral, leading to an out-migration of population. The existing body of literature on shrinking cities has shown that the loss of urban population is not entirely a new phenomenon. What is new, however, is the extent to which shrinkage occurs on a global scale, and the complexity of its causes. Meanwhile, shrinking cities have become a worldwide, multidimensional phenomenon appearing in many post-industrialised societies. For many years this phenomenon has been widely under-represented in international comparative urban and regional research, thus from the year 2005 on, 'shrinking cities' were labelled an emerging topic in spatial planning.
The shrinking city awakens: perceptions and strategies on the way to revitalisation?
The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process, comprising cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social base. Shrinking cities can be defined as 'urban areas that have experienced population loss, economic downturn, employment decline and social problems as symptoms of a structural crisis'. Urban decline and the loss of employment opportunities are closely linked in a downwards spiral, leading to an out-migration of population. The existing body of literature on shrinking cities has shown that the loss of urban population is not entirely a new phenomenon. What is new, however, is the extent to which shrinkage occurs on a global scale, and the complexity of its causes. Meanwhile, shrinking cities have become a worldwide, multidimensional phenomenon appearing in many post-industrialised societies. For many years this phenomenon has been widely under-represented in international comparative urban and regional research, thus from the year 2005 on, 'shrinking cities' were labelled an emerging topic in spatial planning.
The shrinking city awakens: perceptions and strategies on the way to revitalisation?
Pallagst, Karina (author) / Mulligan, Helen / Cunningham-Sabot, Emmanuele / Fol, Sylvie
2017
Article (Journal)
English
The development and revitalisation of shrinking cities: a twin city comparison
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