This is the second of two special issues in Progress in Planning exploring emerging
research agendas in planning. It brings together scholars from diverse schools working on …

Abstract Many American and European cities have to deal with demographic and economic
trajectories leading to urban shrinkage. According to official data, 13% of urban regions in …

Developed, modern cities throughout the world are facing population declines at an
unprecedented scale. Over the last fifty years, 370 cities throughout the world with …

At the beginning of the 21st century, the majority of Europe's cities experienced a population
decrease. Dealing with the results of demographic, economic and physical contraction …

Since the industrialization of Europe and North America in the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, traditional models of urban growth emphasized the expansion of jobs in …

In current planning debates, the term 'shrinking city'usually describes a densely populated
urban area that has, on the one hand, faced a considerable population loss, and is, on the …

Various institutional and cultural settings have shaped spatial planning systems with
comparable features; however, such systems have been adapted to specific cultural …

For the past ten years, the growth debate has been urban-centric, at least in Germany, while
rural areas have been largely associated with depopulation. Despite their importance, small …

For many years, shrinking cities in the USA used to be a taboo, not fitting in the pattern of
growth and progress anticipated by community leaders. Nevertheless, shrinking in terms of …

Als um die Jahrtausendwende herum in Ostdeutschland noch heftig über die Folgen der
Suburbanisierung für die Kernstädte gestritten wurde und der Wohnungsleerstand in …