Shrinking Cities

Understanding Urban Decline in the United States
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-79686-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City

Shrinking Cities: Understanding Shrinkage and Decline in the United States offers a contemporary look at patterns of shrinkage and decline in the United States. The book juxtaposes the complex and numerous processes that contribute to these patterns with broader policy frameworks that have been under consideration to address shrinkage in U.S. cities. A range of methods are employed to answer theoretically-grounded questions about patterns of shrinkage and decline, the relationships between the two, and the empirical associations among shrinkage, decline, and several socio-economic variables. In doing so, the book examines new spaces of shrinkage in the United States. The book also explores pro-growth and decline-centered governance, which has important implications for questions of sustainability and resilience in U.S. cities. Finally, the book draws attention to U.S.-wide demographic shifts and argues for further research on socio-economic pathways of various groups of population, contextualized within population trends at various geographic scales. This timely contribution contends that an understanding of what the city has become, as it faces shrinkage, is essential toward a critical analysis of development both within and beyond city boundaries. The book will appeal to urban and regional studies scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, as well as practitioners and policymakers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weaver, Russell

Bagchi-Sen, Sharmistha

Knight, Jason

Frazier, Amy E

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Patterns and Trends: Measuring and Mapping Urban Shrinkage

3. Patterns and Trends: Measuring and Mapping Urban Decline

4. Explanations of Urban Shrinkage and Decline

5. Shrinkage and Decline Beyond the Central City

6. Pro-Growth Urban Policy

7. Rightsizing and Smart Decline

8. Challenges and Prospects of Regional Governance

9. Sustainability and Resilience

10. Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Russell Weaver is an AssistantProfessor in the Department of Geography at Texas State University, USA.
Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen is a Professor of Geography at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.

Jason Knight is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the State University of New York atBuffalo, USA.
Amy E. Frazier is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Oklahoma State University, USA.