People moving from smaller to larger cities often do so in search of better economic
opportunities. But what motivates migration from larger to smaller cities, which are …

Urban land consumption negatively impacts ecosystem services such as food production,
carbon regulation, and water absorption. Despite indications of densification in some large …

Despite a rising amount of urban shrinkage research, little attention is paid to the shrinking
historic ethnic neighborhoods, where authenticity plays a vital role in maintaining local …

Urban shrinkage is an objective historical stage in the process of urban development, and it
is also one of the challenges currently facing the process of China's new urbanization …

Urban shrinkage has become a global phenomenon, appearing not only in developed
countries but also in China, which is undergoing rapid urbanization. Although numerous …

Commercial pedestrian streets significantly enhance urban life. Previous research often
depends on limited survey data or subjective evaluations, which fail to fully capture the …

Following a century of rapid growth, the global human population is predicted to crest and
then decline in the coming generations. Some industrialized countries are already grappling …

Rapid transitions induced by migration flows and socio-economic developments brought
about massive changes in urbanization processes and resulted in increasingly uncertain …

In the coming decades, most of Asia's population will reside in megacities, vast urban
regions accommodating 10–30 million people. However, Asian megacities will be at the …

The phenomenon of urban shrinkage has spread across the world as the political and
economic landscape changes worldwide. The urban development in China has entered a …