With effect from April 2021, the themes that would fall under the keywords shrinking cities
are wide-ranging, and research has already been conducted into almost all aspects of …

This paper examined the problem of shrinking cities and evaluated the policies used to
mitigate the impact of shrinkage. The analytical section of this paper discusses the definition …

In many countries, demographic forces are not the primary influence on shrinking cities.
However, in cases of potentially severe national population decline such as South Korea …

Although most up-to-date studies of shrinking cities are mainly done in western countries,
some reports have pointed out that there is quite a number of shrinking cities in developing …

Japanese cities losing population represent an emerging research field among international
studies on shrinking cities. Japanese-speaking works exploring this topic (Oswalt et al …

This chapter explores the processes and circumstances that contribute to urban
depopulation in Japan in the light of the current demographic, social, spatial, and economic …

It has recently become apparent that “shrinking city” is a worldwide ongoing phenomenon,
and Japan is no exception. As the framing article has shown, the features of urban shrinkage …

Manifested by population loss, shrinking cities are currently under heated discussion in the
developed countries. The emerging shrinking cities in developing world, however, have not …

The special collection on Shrinking Cities and Towns: Policy Responses to the Challenges,
Urban Planning, and Development Strategies is available in the ASCE Library …

This chapter examines the characteristics of urban shrinkage in Japan and describes the
Japanese institutional background of shrinking and aging suburbs. We first review the …