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  1. Ročak, Maja & Hospers, Gert-Jan & Reverda, Nol (2016): Civic action and urban shrinkage: Exploring the link
    In Europe, urban shrinkage is a widespread phenomenon with future relevance. ... This paper indicates the gap regarding the software aspects of urban shrinkage. It examines the link between civic action and urban shrinkage, and finds that the concept of civic action is often promoted as a normative requirement for maintaining an area’s quality of life. In the authors’ view, social capital and civic action in the context of urban shrinkage could be valuable resources, but should not be overrated. ... They conclude that a social theory of urban shrinkage is needed to give the debate on urban shrinkage a new impulse.
    RePEc:aza:jurr00:y:2016:v:9:i:4:p:406-418  Save to MyIDEAS
  2. Annegret Haase & Dieter Rink & Katrin Grossmann & Matthias Bernt & Vlad Mykhnenko (2014): Conceptualizing Urban Shrinkage
    Since the second half of the 20th century, urban shrinkage has become a common pathway of transformation for many large cities across the globe. Although the appearance of shrinkage is fairly universal—typically manifested in dwindling population, emerging vacant spaces, and the underuse of existing urban infrastructure, ranging from schools and parks to water pipelines—its essence is hidden from view. Phenomena related to shrinkage have been discussed predominantly using terms such as decline, decay, blight, abandonment, disurbanization, urban crisis, and demographic change. ... Yet there is still a lack of conceptualization and integration of shrinkage into the wider theoretical debates in human geography, town and country planning, urban and regional studies, and social sciences at large. The problem here is not only to explain how shrinkage comes about, but also to study shrinkage as a process: simultaneously as a presupposition, a medium, and an outcome of continually changing social relationships.
    RePEc:sae:envira:v:46:y:2014:i:7:p:1519-1534  Save to MyIDEAS
  3. Florian W. Bartholomae & Chang Woon Nam & Alina Schoenberg (2015): Urban Shrinkage in Eastern Germany
    This paper questions the widely applied parallelism of demographic and economic development in characterizing urban shrinkage in Germany, and argues that the usage of population change as a single indicator leads to incorrect policy recommendations for combating urban shrinkage. As the cases of several Ruhr cities (Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund) and East German cities (Erfurt, Rostock and Magdeburg) prove, urban economic growth can also be achieved thanks to the substantial presence of modern industries and business services, and despite declines in population size. The serious shrinkage of Halle, Cottbus and Schwerin is primarily due to failures in the post-industrial transformation process. Recent policy measures strongly oriented towards slowing the downsizing process of population (via urban regeneration measures to hinder suburbanisation and low core urban density) do not address this major problem effectively.
    RePEc:ces:ceswps:_5200  Save to MyIDEAS
  4. Xiaosong Ma & Qingwu Yan & Qinke Pan & Xingshan Chen & Guie Li (2023): Identification and Classification of Urban Shrinkage in Northeast China
    To more accurately identify the leading factors driving urban shrinkage and develop rational recommendations, precise identification and classification of urban shrinkage has become an indispensable part of the process. ... The phenomenon of urban shrinkage is distributed throughout various regions, mainly in smaller cities located near larger cities. According to the standards of the urban shrinkage classification model, the spatial pattern of population loss regions was divided into four types, identifying 13 (6.3%) global type, 111 (53.4%) concentrated type, 64 (30.7%) perforated type, and 20 (9.6%) edge type. Analysis of shrinking cities based on their classification revealed that the main reasons for urban shrinkage are the decline and dissolution of large industrial enterprises, abandonment and neglect of buildings, and unreasonable design planning in cities. Economic development and inward population flow can be promoted in shrinking cities by creating job opportunities, improving living standards, developing transportation, adjusting urban planning or concentrating urban population, as well as vigorously developing urban center areas.
    RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:6:p:1245-:d:1173537  Save to MyIDEAS
  5. Bartłomiej T. Sroka (2022): Urban Shrinkage as a Catalyst of a Transition, Revolving around Definitions
    For decades, urban shrinkage has remained a serious challenge, especially in post-socialist countries. Substantially, it is recognizable as a temporary population loss; this encourages the undertaking of a systematic review of the phenomenon—has there been any change in the urban shrinkage connotation in the past years? ... This paper outlines the core aspects of shrinkage in the economic, social, and spatial dimensions. The paper questions whether the phenomenon is a catalyst to a new development trajectory of cities, collecting a review of the terms attached to shrinkage itself. The analysis is based on a meta-analysis of the literature; it covers the papers and outputs of research projects that were focused on shrinkage from 2000 to 2020.
    RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:20:p:13203-:d:942294  Save to MyIDEAS
  6. Florian Bartholomae & Chang Woon Nam & Alina Schoenberg (2017): Urban shrinkage and resurgence in Germany
    This article questions the strict parallelism of demographic and economic development in characterising urban shrinkage in Germany. As the cases of several Ruhr cities and East German cities prove, urban economic growth can be achieved thanks to the substantial presence of modern industries and business services, and despite declines in population size. Serious shrinkages of Halle, Cottbus and Schwerin are primarily due to failures in the post-industrial transformation process. Recent policy measures strongly oriented towards slowing the downsizing process of population (via e.g. urban regeneration strategies) do not appear to be sufficient for achieving urban resurgence in these cities.
    RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:54:y:2017:i:12:p:2701-2718  Save to MyIDEAS
  7. Hongru Fang & Ran Li & Wenxing Li (2023): Urban Shrinkage and Labor Investment Efficiency: Evidence from China
    In the context of unsustainable urban growth patterns and employment difficulties, we examine the impact of urban shrinkage on labor investment efficiency by drawing on the idea of the difference-in-difference model. Using a sample of Chinese firms from 2010 to 2019, our findings suggest that the widespread occurrence of urban shrinkage in China was responsible for a significant portion of the excessive labor investment in most listed companies. ... In addition, we further found heterogeneity in the impact of urban shrinkage on labor investment efficiency.
    RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:13:p:10738-:d:1189366  Save to MyIDEAS
  8. Na Jiang & Andrew Crooks & Wenjing Wang & Yichun Xie (2021): Simulating Urban Shrinkage in Detroit via Agent-Based Modeling
    While the world’s total urban population continues to grow, not all cities are witnessing such growth—some are actually shrinking. ... To fill this gap, this paper presents a spatially explicit agent-based model stylized on the Detroit Tri-County area, an area witnessing shrinkage. Specifically, the model demonstrates how the buying and selling of houses can lead to urban shrinkage through a bottom-up approach. The results of the model indicate that, along with the lower level housing transactions being captured, the aggregated level market conditions relating to urban shrinkage are also denoted (i.e., the contraction of housing markets). As such, the paper demonstrates the potential of simulation for exploring urban shrinkage and potentially offers a means to test policies to achieve urban sustainability.
    RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:4:p:2283-:d:502534  Save to MyIDEAS
  9. Danica Djurkin & Marija Antić & Dejan Ž. Djordjević (2023): Demographic Aspects of Urban Shrinkage in Serbia: Trajectory, Variety, and Drivers of Shrinking Cities
    Many European countries have faced the process of urban shrinkage in recent decades. Due to the various theoretical aspects of urban shrinkage, there are numerous approaches to the interpretation of this process. ... The demographic shrinkage of cities in Serbia is a process that has been in place since the 1960s, with the dynamics of spatial-demographic and socioeconomic transformation during the post-socialist transition having exacerbated urban shrinkage. As a result, over 80% of urban settlements are affected by it. This paper identifies the trajectory and spatio-temporal patterns of the intensity and dynamics of urban shrinkage for the period from 1961 to 2022.
    RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:22:p:15961-:d:1280723  Save to MyIDEAS
  10. Jaroszewska Emilia (2019): Urban Shrinkage and Regeneration of an Old Industrial City: The Case of Wałbrzych In Poland
    It resulted in the present process of shrinkage of old industrial cities in demographic, economic, social aspects as well as spatial ones (Bontje 2004; Oswalt 2005; Turok, Mykhnenko 2007; Pallagst et al. 2009; Cunningham-Sabot et al. 2010; Bontje, Musterd 2012; Hospers 2012, 2014; Haase et al. 2013; Pallagst et al. 2014; Stryjakiewicz 2014; Runge et al. 2018). ... The aim of the article is twofold: (1) the identification and analysis of the process of urban shrinkage of Wałbrzych city as well as (2) the examination of different regeneration strategies adopted to mitigate negative effects of urban shrinkage.
    RePEc:vrs:quageo:v:38:y:2019:i:2:p:75-90:n:10  Save to MyIDEAS
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