Dealing with urban and rural shrinkage
Subtitle: formal and informal strategies
By: edited by Gert-Jan Hospers and Josefina Syssner
Series: Regionen in Europa/European Regions -- Band 5; Regionen in Europa -- Bd. 5.
Publisher: Lit
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Zürich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9783643908223; 9783643958228
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Shrinking cities; City planning
Notes: More and more places across the world are confronted with demographic shrinkage. This edited volume discusses how local communities in city and countryside have responded to the challenge of population decline. It is argued that formal strategies based on political and public sector decisions are only one way to deal with shrinkage. Informal adaptation strategies developed by civil society play an important role as well. To illustrate this, the book brings together a variety of theoretical perspectives, case studies and policy lessons from both urban and rural areas.

Includes bibliographical references.