Quietly shrinking cities
Subtitle: Canadian urban population loss in an age of growth
By: Maxwell Hartt
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Vancouver; Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780774866194; 9780774866187
Subjects: Shrinking cities; Case studies
Description: "At 5 percent, Canada's population growth was the highest of all G7 countries when the most recent census was taken. But only a handful of large cities drove that growth, attracting human and monetary capital from across the country and leaving myriad social, economic, and environmental challenges behind. Quietly Shrinking Cities investigates this trend and the practical challenges associated with population loss in smaller urban centres. Maxwell Hartt meticulously demonstrates that shrinking cities need to re-think their planning and development strategies in response to a new demographic reality, questioning whether population loss and prosperity are indeed mutually exclusive."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Shrinking City; title: The Geography of Shrinkage and Slow Growth; title: Industry Shapes a Nation; title: Canada's Most Persistent Shrinking City; title: Temporary Decline or a New Era; title: Rightsizing and Smart Decline; title: Local Perceptions of Urban Shrinkage.