Add to ORKGUID/HIS/04209/2013Cities develop according to different patterns, undergoing population growth during some periods and decline (shrinkage) during others. Theories attempting to understand these behaviours include: 1) shrinkage is a natural process in the life cycle of a city, alternating with periods of growth, or 2) shrinkage is an extreme event that places cities into a continuous decline process with no return to population growth. We use retrospective data over a period of 130 years to study 25 Portuguese cities currently facing population decline, and show that both theories coexist in time and space. Five types of shrinking city are revealed: “Persistent Early Shrinkage” due to exodus from the rural periphery, “Metropolitan Shrinkage”...
All over Europe, it is a known fact that cities are shrinking. One of the main causes is population ...
Since the second half of the 20th century, urban shrinkage has become a common pathway of transforma...
For many decades most researchers, planners and local authorities have been focusing almost exclusiv...
Cities develop according to different patterns, undergoing population growth during some periods and...
UID/HIS/04209/2013Cities develop according to different patterns, undergoing population growth durin...
This paper aims to assess whether and how current Portuguese national spatial planning policy and re...
Diverse regions in the Europe and the United States are related with loss of population and economic...
The relative attractiveness of cities as places to live determines population movements in or out of...
Empirical research on urban shrinkage is being conducted around the globe, since many countries are ...
In the last decade, several Portuguese municipalities have faced population decline. This paper syst...
EU post-socialist countries are nowadays the epicenter of urban shrinkage, despite economic growth t...
For many decades most researchers, planners and local authorities have been focusing almost exclusiv...
Since the second half of the 20 th century, urban shrinkage has become a common pathway of transform...
The globally known concept of shrinking cities has matured last years. A lot of international scien...
Shrinking cities have been a growing topic of investigation for researchers and practitioners in the...
All over Europe, it is a known fact that cities are shrinking. One of the main causes is population ...
Since the second half of the 20th century, urban shrinkage has become a common pathway of transforma...
For many decades most researchers, planners and local authorities have been focusing almost exclusiv...
Cities develop according to different patterns, undergoing population growth during some periods and...
UID/HIS/04209/2013Cities develop according to different patterns, undergoing population growth durin...
This paper aims to assess whether and how current Portuguese national spatial planning policy and re...
Diverse regions in the Europe and the United States are related with loss of population and economic...
The relative attractiveness of cities as places to live determines population movements in or out of...
Empirical research on urban shrinkage is being conducted around the globe, since many countries are ...
In the last decade, several Portuguese municipalities have faced population decline. This paper syst...
EU post-socialist countries are nowadays the epicenter of urban shrinkage, despite economic growth t...
For many decades most researchers, planners and local authorities have been focusing almost exclusiv...
Since the second half of the 20 th century, urban shrinkage has become a common pathway of transform...
The globally known concept of shrinking cities has matured last years. A lot of international scien...
Shrinking cities have been a growing topic of investigation for researchers and practitioners in the...
All over Europe, it is a known fact that cities are shrinking. One of the main causes is population ...
Since the second half of the 20th century, urban shrinkage has become a common pathway of transforma...
For many decades most researchers, planners and local authorities have been focusing almost exclusiv...