What is a Shrinking City?
What is a Shrinking City?

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Social development, Demography and human biology, Economic development
Published by: Documenta - Centar za suočavanje s prošlošću
Keywords: shrinking cities; population loss; youth; post-industrialization processes; demographics; measuring; impact;
Summary/Abstract: The term “shrinkage” can often be used as synonymous with the term “reduction” or as a way to describe objects that are getting smaller in size or amount. In the last few decades, the term has gotten increasingly associated with social and spatial changes. The phenomenon of shrinking can be observed in many European regions. It predominantly affects rural areas across the continent as well as an increasing number of cities.

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