The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process that affects cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas around the world that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social bases. Shrinkage is not a new phenomenon in the study of cities. However, shrinking cities lack the precision of systemic analysis where other factors now at work are analysed: the new economy, globalisation, aging population (a new population transition) and other factors related to the search for quality of life or a safer environment. This volume places shrinking cities in a global perspective, setting the context for in-depth case studies of cities within Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Germany, France, Great Britain, South Korea, Australia, and the USA, which consider specific economic, social, environmental, cultural and land-use issues.
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The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process that affects cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas around the world that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social bases. Shrinkage is not a new phenomenon in the study of cities. However, shrinking cities lack the precision of systemic analysis where other factors now at work are analysed: the new economy, globalisation, aging population (a new population transition) and other factors related to the search for quality of life or a safer environment. This volume places shrinking cities in a global perspective, setting the context for in-depth case studies of cities within Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Germany, France, Great Britain, South Korea, Australia, and the USA, which consider specific economic, social, environmental, cultural and land-use issues.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Routledge Advances in Geography |
Release date | August 2013 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2010 |
Editors | Karina Pallagst, Thorsten Wiechmann, Cristina Martinez-Fernandez |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 318 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-80485-1 |
Barcode | 9780415804851 |
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LSN | 0-415-80485-X |