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Urban Shrinkage, Degrowth, and Sustainability: An Updated Research Agenda

Authors :
Joop de Kraker
Christian Scholl
Marco Bontje
Source :
Urban Planning, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Cogitatio, 2024.

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 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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21837635
Volume :
9
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Urban Planning
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.930e8a4584604404995e212432824dca
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.17645/up.8815