Shrinking cities can be considered as one of the most critical challenges of contemporary
urban societies. Recently, this phenomenon has been the subject of growing interest both in …

As the world's largest developing country, most Chinese cities are experiencing both
population shrinkage and spatial expansion in the context of rapid urbanisation. To address …

Demographically and economically, there is an ongoing global shift that has resulted in the
uneven development and distribution of monetary, human and knowledge capital. This …

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008, China witnessed gradual shrinkage of
cities in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). In this study, we introduce the concept of economic …

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

Si la question des villes en décroissance, ou Shrinking Cities, est de plus en plus étudiée en
Europe comme aux États-Unis, elle ne fait jusque-là l'objet que d'un intérêt très limité en …

How are shrinking cities perceived by scholars, policymakers and citizens in different
national contexts, and how do their discourses affect the nation's policies toward those …

Shrinking cities have spread across the globe in recent decades, characterizing significant
population loss, economic decline, and decay in spatial quality. To maintain global …

One of the most critical tasks in creating community plans and developing local planning
policies and priorities is projecting populations, as accurate projections help communities …

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