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 …

Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three
quarters of the global economy and its associated energy use and resulting environmental …

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 …

More than 50% of the global population already lives in urban settlements and urban areas
are projected to absorb almost all the global population growth to 2050, amounting to some …

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 …

Population decline in once vibrant cities has introduced challenges to managing civil
infrastructure. These challenges, such as fiscal constraints, reduced personnel, and …

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 …

In order to theorize the phenomenon of urban shrinkage, the paper draws from resilience
theories that focus on the ability of communities to react to abrupt as well as slowly occurring …

For several decades, urban shrinkage has been a common pathway of demographic
development for many large cities throughout Europe. Although this process began after the …