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Editorial: Urban Shrinkage, Degrowth, and Sustainability: An Updated Research Agenda
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Abstract Shrinking cities and degrowth thinking share their parting from the dominant growth paradigm and seem to have much to offer to each other. Could degrowth be an inspiring and guiding paradigm for the sustainable development of shrinking cities? Could shrinking cities be suitable testing grounds to ap... view more
Shrinking cities and degrowth thinking share their parting from the dominant growth paradigm and seem to have much to offer to each other. Could degrowth be an inspiring and guiding paradigm for the sustainable development of shrinking cities? Could shrinking cities be suitable testing grounds to apply degrowth’s radical sustainability principles in practice? These and other questions regarding the connections between urban shrinkage, degrowth, and sustainability have hardly been addressed in the scientific literature thus far. This thematic issue brings together novel empirical contributions, taking stock of first attempts to connect degrowth to urban shrinkage, exploring in how far this potential unfolds in practice and what obstacles these attempts face, with a focus on the field of urban planning. In this editorial, we discuss the connections between shrinking cities, degrowth, and sustainability identified in the empirical studies and the dialogues that span across these contributions. We conclude with an updated research agenda for this field of study.... view less
Keywords
urban development; urban planning; population decrease; population development; spatial planning; sustainability; sustainable development
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Free Keywords
shrinking cities; sustainable urban development; urban degrowth
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Journal
Urban Planning, 9 (2024)
Issue topic
Urban Shrinkage, Degrowth, and Sustainability: How Do They Connect in Urban Planning?
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Published Version; reviewed