Handbook on Shrinking Cities (Research Handbooks in Urban Studies series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1035338998 ISBN 13: 9781035338993

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

Compelling and engaging, this Handbook on Shrinking Cities addresses the fundamentals of shrinkage, exploring its causal factors, the ways in which planning strategies and policies are steered, and innovative solutions for revitalising shrinking cities. It analyses the multidimensional phenomena involved in processes of shrinkage, where cities experience a dramatic decline in their economic and social bases.

Offering a timely response to the endurance of decline in cities across the globe, contributions from top scholars showcase a wide range of perspectives on the ongoing challenges of shrinkage. Chapters cover topics of ‘governance’, ‘greening’ and ‘right-sizing’, and ‘regrowth’, laying the relevant groundwork for the Handbook’s proposals for dealing with shrinkage in the age of COVID-19 and beyond. Leading experts in the fields of urban and regional development contribute novel ideas pertinent to the future of shrinking cities, considering factors such as economic prosperity, liveability, social stability, and innovation, ultimately representing a paradigmatic shift from growth-centred planning to the notion of ‘shrinking sustainably’.

In suggesting strategies to reverse decline and generate newer, more robust development, this prescient Handbook will prove beneficial to scholars of human geography and urban planning. The wide range of case studies will also make this a vital read for planning practitioners.

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About the Author

Edited by Karina Pallagst, Professor for International Planning Systems, Faculty of Spatial and Environmental Planning, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany, Marco Bontje, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Emmanučle Cunningham Sabot, Professor of Urban Studies, École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France and René Fleschurz, Project Manager, RE-CITY ITN project, Department of International Planning Systems, Faculty of Spatial and Environmental Planning, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035338998
• ISBN 13: 9781035338993
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 470
• Editor: Pallagst Karina, Bontje Marco, Cunningham Sabot Emmanučle, Fleschurz René