Urban Shrinkage, Degrowth, and Sustainability

An Updated Research Agenda

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22018293
AutoresJoop 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)
Año2024
Volumen9
Fecha de publicación2024-07-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.8815
OpenAlexW4400499866
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas18

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