{"product_id":"shrinking-cities-1","title":"Shrinking Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines a rapidly emerging new topic in urban settlement patterns: the role of shrinking cities. Much coverage is given to declining fertility rates, ageing populations and economic restructuring as the factors behind shrinking cities, but there is also reference to resource depletion, the demise of single-company towns and the micro-location of environmental hazards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributions show that shrinkage can occur at any scale – from neighbourhood to macro-region - and they consider whether shrinkage of metropolitan areas as a whole may be a future trend. Also addressed in this volume is the question of whether urban shrinkage policies are necessary or effective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book comprises four parts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eworld or regional issues (with reference to the European Union and Latin America); \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enational case studies (the United States, India, China, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Romania and Estonia); \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecity case studies (Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, Naples, Belfast and Halle); \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand broad issues such as the environmental consequences of shrinking cities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners working in the fields of urban studies, economic geography and public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54984219099480,"sku":"9780415643962","price":72.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415643962.jpg?v=1779344115","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shrinking-cities-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}