Shrinking Cities: A Global Perspective

The contributions show that shrinkage can occur at any scale – from neighbourhood to macro-region - and they consider whether shrinkage of metropolitan areas as a whole may be a future trend. Also addressed in this volume is the question of whether urban shrinkage policies are necessary or effective.

The book comprises four parts:

• world or regional issues (with reference to the European Union and Latin America);
• national case studies (the United States, India, China, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Romania and Estonia);
• city case studies (Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, Naples, Belfast and Halle);
• and broad issues such as the environmental consequences of shrinking cities.

This book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners working in the fields of urban studies, economic geography and public policy.