1st Edition

Shrinking Cities A Global Perspective

336 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

336 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

336 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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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... Read more

Introduction (Harry W. Richardson and Chang Woon Nam) Part One: National Analyses 1. The United States (Wendell Cox) 2. Germany (Chang Woon Nam and Alex Ebertz) 3. Romania (Michaela Coconceau, Daniele Constantin and Alina Schoenberg) 4. Estonia (Peter Friedrich, Kadi Timpmann and Kadri Ukrainski) 5. South Korea (Myung-Jin Jun) 6. Japan (Andre Sorensen) Part Two: Cities 7. Detroit (George Glaister) 8. Buffalo (Jiyoung Park) 9. Cleveland (Michael Fogarty) 10. Halle (Alex Ebertz and Chang Woon Nam) 11. Naples (Gerardo Schettino) 12. Belfast (Frank Gaffikin) 13. Manchester (Jon Coaffee) 14. Taipei (Cheng-Yi Lin) Part Three: General Issues 15. The Policy Implications from Expanding City Successes for Shrinking Cities (Harry W. Richardson) 16. Planning for the "Smart Decline" of Shrinking Cities (Justin Hollander) 17. Environmental Issues in Shrinking Cities (Tilman Rave) 18. Conclusions (Harry W. Richardson and Chang Woon Nam)