Postsocialist Shrinking Cities

• Main Authors: Wu, Chung-Tong, Gunko, Maria, Stryjakiewicz, Tadeusz, Zhou, Kai
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2022; Taylor & Francis; Taylor and Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Perspectives on Urban Growth, Innovation and Change
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Post-Socialist Cities; Post-Socialist Shrinking Cities; shrinking cities; Shrinking Cities Asia; Shrinking Cities China; urban decline; urban growth; urban sprawl; Hongshan District; Severe Demographic Crisis; Postsocialist Countries; Postsocialist Cities; Socio-economic Development; Vice Versa; Post-Socialist Cities; City Shrinkage; Chinese Government; Central Government; urban growth; Spatial Planning Instruments; Shock Therapy; urban sprawl; Postsocialist European Countries; Shrinking Cities China; Public Administration; Moravian Silesian Region; Beijing Tianjin Hebei Regions; Population Shrinkage; Urban Shrinkage; Cee Country; urban decline; Amur Oblast; Russian State Statistical Service; Central Eastern Europe; Postsocialist Europe; Prefecture Level Cities; Post-Socialist Shrinking Cities; shrinking cities; Shrunk Regions; Economic Shrinkage; Shrinking Cities Asia
• ISBN: 9781000545524; 1000545520; 9780367415235; 9781032212814; 1032212810; 0367415232; 9780367815011; 036781501X; 1000545563; 9781000545562
• DOI: 10.4324/9780367815011

This book provides a comparative analysis of shrinking cities in a broad range of postsocialist countries within the so-called Global East, a liminal space between North and South. While shrinking cities have received increased scholarly attention in the past decades, theoretical, and empirical research has remained predominantly centered on the Global North. This volume brings to the fore a range of new perspectives on urban shrinkage, identifying commonalities, differences, and policy experiences across a very diverse and vivid region with its various legacies and contemporary controversial developments. With chapters written by leading experts in the field, insider views assist in decolonizing urban theory. Specifically, the book includes chapters on shrinking cities in China, Russia, and postsocialist Europe, presenting comparative discussions within countries and crossnational cases on theoretical and policy implications. The book will be of interest to students and scholars researching urban studies, urban geography, urban planning, urban politics and policy, urban sociology, and urban development.