Demographic and morphological shrinkage of urban neighbourhoods in a post-socialist city

The case of Łódź, Poland

Bibliographic Data

ID12034452
AuthorsJarosław Kazimierczak (0000-0001-5547-7269, University of Lodz, corresponding author), Ewa Szafrańska (0000-0002-6779-3100, University of Lodz)
Year2019
Volume101
Issue2
Pages138-163
Publication date2019-02-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0435-3684 • E-ISSN: 1468-0467
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/04353684.2019.1582304
OpenAlexW2916841219
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited54

The paper contributes to the discussion concerning methods used to analyse urban shrinkage and points to the need to comprehensively examine the reasons, course and effects of the process by expanding the research perspective with morphological aspect. In accordance with \ntheoretical assumption adopted for this paper, morphology acts as an element that complements demographic changes in the identification of urban shrinkage since the observed quantitative and qualitative changes in the urban fabric are indicative of the direction of economic and social \ntransformations in cities. The paper aims at identifying the course of shrinkage in a selected post-socialist CEE city and discusses \ndemographic and morphological ways of identifying the process. Łódź (Poland), one of the largest and the fastest shrinking cities in the CEE region was selected for the case study. The paper provides intra-urban \nscale analyses conducted at the level of individual neighbourhoods taking account of quantitative and qualitative changes in demographic and morphological structure of the city. The picture of changes at a \nneighbourhood level has helped identify spatial traits of urban shrinkage \nexperienced throughout the city. Spatial scope of the area that undergoes demographic and morphological shrinkage was confronted with the crisis area intended for regeneration within the policy pursued \nby the city

Civil engineering · Economic geography · Geography · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Regional science · Scope (computer science · Shrinkage · Statistics · Urban Morphology · Urban planning · Computer Science · Engineering · Local Governance and Planning · Urban Development and Cultural Heritage · Urbanization and City Planning

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