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Shrinking Cities - A Global Perspective (Paperback)
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Shrinking Cities - A Global Perspective (Paperback)
Series: Regions and Cities
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This book examines a rapidly emerging new topic in urban settlement
patterns: the role of shrinking cities. Much coverage is given to
declining fertility rates, ageing populations and economic
restructuring as the factors behind shrinking cities, but there is
also reference to resource depletion, the demise of single-company
towns and the micro-location of environmental hazards. The
contributions show that shrinkage can occur at any scale - from
neighbourhood to macro-region - and they consider whether shrinkage
of metropolitan areas as a whole may be a future trend. Also
addressed in this volume is the question of whether urban shrinkage
policies are necessary or effective. The book comprises four parts:
world or regional issues (with reference to the European Union and
Latin America); national case studies (the United States, India,
China, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Romania and Estonia); city case
studies (Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, Naples, Belfast and Halle);
and broad issues such as the environmental consequences of
shrinking cities. This book will be of interest to scholars and
practitioners working in the fields of urban studies, economic
geography and public policy.
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