Since the second half of the 20th century, urban shrinkage has become a common pathway
of transformation for many large cities across the globe. Although the appearance of …

This study sheds light on the state of knowledge on shrinking cities over the past four
decades by identifying major thematic clusters, conceptual evolutions, and key players. The …

This article reviews existing research and discussions on urban policy in response to the
global COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis focuses on the first pandemic period in the …

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in subsequent chapters of
this book. In recent years, there have been various approaches to the analysis of shrinking …

Transformation to sustainability is a worldwide problem to the resource-based cities whose
development depends primarily on the exploitation and primary processing of natural …

The main goal of the article is the evaluation of usefulness of CORINE Land Cover (CLC)
data—acquired predominantly by visual interpretation of Landsat satellite imagery—for …

This research examines two major phenomena that have driven the transformation of cities
in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) following the fall of communism: intensive urban …

For many decades most researchers, planners and local authorities have been focusing
almost exclusively on urban growth and its socio-economic and spatial consequences …

In the context of deindustrialization and desurbanization, Romanian cities are confronted
with issues related to natural demographic decline and out-migration, inducing apparently …

Urban shrinkage has become a common pathway (not only) in post-socialist cities, which
represents new challenges for traditionally growth-oriented spatial planning. Though in the …