Handbook on shrinking cities

The Handbook on Shrinking Cities (2022), Edited by Karina Pallagst, Marco Bontje, Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot, René Fleschurz, Editorial assistance Patricia Hammer and Leonie Claar is available here

RE-CITY Mooc

The Mooc on shrinking cities will be soon available here

Training for schools

The training for schools will be available soon here

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

1. Ruiying Liu (2020): Strategies for sustainability in shrinking cities: frames, rationales and goals for a development path change. In. Nordia Geographical Publications (49:5), 49–7449, https://doi.org/10.30671/nordia.97970

2. Ivanov, Bozhidar (2021): Narratives of Crisis: How Framing Urban Shrinkage and Depopulation Shapes Policy and Planning Responses in Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. In. Sustainability 2021 13, 11045, Repository link: https://zenodo.org/record/5595891#.Y0_HorTP02z

3. Di Pietro, Simone (2021): Implementing Energy – as a Common approach in the revitalization of shrinking cities. In. Belgeo, revue belge de géographie 1/2021 URL: https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/49423, ISSN: 2294-9135

4. Huntington, David (2021): Urban shrinkage and socio-economic segregation in medium-sized cities: The case of Schwerin (Germany). In. Quaestiones Geographicae 40(4) pp. 29-46. https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2021-0036

5. Matyushkina, A. (2021): “Force Majeure”: The Transformation of Cultural Strategy as a Result of Urban Shrinkage and Economic Crisis: The Case of Riga, Latvia. In. Urbana, 22, pp. 63-86 Retrieved from http://www.urbanauapp.org, https://doi.org/10.47785/urbana.7.2021

6. Schemschat, Norma (2021): Refugee Arrival under Conditions of Urban Decline: From Territorial Stigma and Othering to Collective Place-Making in Diverse Shrinking Cities? In. Sustainability 2021, 13, no. 23: 13301. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313301

7. Pinoncely, Victoria ; Schemschat, Norma (2021): Etre représentée et se présenter: comparaison de la couverture médiatique et des discours institutionnels des villes, In. © Revue Marketing Territorial, 6 / hiver 2021. URL: http://publis-shs.univ-rouen.fr/rmt/index.php?id=580.

8. Di Pietro, Simone (2021): Urban Shrinkage and Suburbanization in Mexico: A View Based on the Last Census Data. In. Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 50(1), pp.63–74, http://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.519

9. Pinoncely, Victoria (2022): Uneven Trajectories and Decentralisation: Lessons from Historical Planning Processes in Saint-Étienne, In. Urban Planning, Vol 7, Issue 3, pp 63-74, https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i3.5483

10. Besana, Flavio (2022): Proposals of European Citizens for Reviving the Future of Shrinking Areas, In. Quaestiones Geographicae, vol.40, no.4, 2021, pp.15-28. https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2021-0039. Link: https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/quageo-2021-0039

11. Ruiying, Liu (2022): Long-Term Development Perspectives in the Slow Crisis of Shrinkage: Strategies of Coping and Exiting. In. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10112, https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610112 

12. Matoga, Agnes (2022): Changing Governance Processes to Make Way for Civic Involvement: The Case of Gebrookerbos in Heerlen, Netherlands. In. Sustainability 2022, 14(16), 10126, https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610126

13. Lewis, Olivia; Sousa, Silvia; Pinho, Paulo (2022): Multifunctional Green Infrastructure in Shrinking cities: How does urban shrinkage affect Green Space Planning? In. Urban Planning, Volume 7, Issue 2 pp. 186-201, https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i2.5008

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 813803