Shrinking Cities: International Perspectives and Policy Implications Contributor(s): Pallagst, Karina (Editor), Wiechmann, Thorsten (Editor), Martinez-Fernandez, Cristina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138952877 ISBN-13: 9781138952874 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
Dewey: 307.76 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 318 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process that affects cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas around the world that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social bases. Shrinkage is not a new phenomenon in the study of cities. However, shrinking cities lack the precision of systemic analysis where other factors now at work are analyzed: the new economy, globalization, aging population (a new population transition) and other factors related to the search for quality of life or a safer environment. This volume places shrinking cities in a global perspective, setting the context for in-depth case studies of cities within Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Germany, France, Great Britain, South Korea, Australia, and the USA, which consider specific economic, social, environmental, cultural and land-use issues. |