With the 2010 census tallied, Cleveland officially hit a 100-year low for population. The
community sprang into action without fully understanding the reasons for decline. The goal …

Most observers consider cities that regained population after a period of decline as cities
that have been revitalized, or in other words “comeback cities”. Of course, some of these …

ISBN: 0812219686 Howard Gillette Jr. offers us an often fascinating account of how city and
state governments have attempted to manage decline. Gillette uses the apt metaphor of …

Detractors have called it" The Mistake on the Lake." It was once America's" Comeback City."
According to author J. Mark Souther, Cleveland has long sought to defeat its perceived civic …

Ninety-six Canadian cities are shrinking. Some have experienced extreme population drops
over many decades. Others faced less dramatic losses over shorter times. All must now …

Cleveland (OH) boomed as an economic powerhouse in the late 19th century. John D.
Rockefeller chose the city to establish the Standard Oil Company in 1870, developing an …

Baltimore: Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City is an exploration into the reinvention, self-
reflection and boosterism of US legacy cities, taking Baltimore as the case study model to …

Policy-makers in cities across the globe are faced with competing pressures. On the one
hand they are increasingly responsible for the economic development and enhanced …

While urban shrinkage has garnered significant international attention, especially in the US
Rust Belt and the former East Germany, it has received little attention in Canada by both …

Since the end of World War II, many northern and mid-western American cities have been
challenged by the loss of manufacturing and related industries to the south and overseas …