Urban Shrinkage, Degrowth, and Sustainability
An Updated Research Agenda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22018293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joop de Kraker (0000-0002-7968-0680, Maastricht University), Christian Scholl (0000-0002-9401-4416, Maastricht University), Marco Bontje (0000-0002-8326-9528, University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.8815 |
| OpenAlex | W4400499866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
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
Biology · Degrowth · Economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Shrinkage · Sustainability · Urban Sustainability · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban Development and Cultural Heritage · Urbanization and City Planning · Ecology
Policy Responses to Urban Shrinkage
Degrowth
Can Acceptance of Urban Shrinkage Shift Planning Strategies of Shrinking Cities From Growth to De-Growth
Shrinking Cities for Economic Growth? Insights From the Housing Sector
Multiscalar Governance of Shrinkage in the Netherlands
The Shrinking City as a Testing Ground for Urban Degrowth Practices
Post-Growth Ambitions and Growth-Based Realities in Sustainable Land-Use Planning
Enabling Multiple Outcomes
Upwind Despite Headwind? Degrowth Transformations Amidst Shrinkage and Eroding Democracy in an East German Small Town
Does Reduced Space Result in Fewer Rights? Controlled Shrinking in the Urban Renewal of Genoa
Spatialising degrowth, degrowing urban planning
The shrinking city in comparative perspective
Urbanizing degrowth
Strategies for sustainability in shrinking cities
Research On Degrowth
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |