Can a City Successfully Shrink? Evidence from Survey Data on Neighborhood Quality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin B Hollander (0000-0001-5148-7902, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-141 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087410379099 |
| OpenAlex | W2121142574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 11 |
Urban policymakers and planners tend to view population decline as a bad thing and a vast infrastructure of funding and regulation reinforces this idea. An emerging body of research has challenged this mindset by reframing decline as shrinkage and experimenting with new policy tools under the rubric of smart decline. But the question of whether decline impairs quality of life in cities is a conceptually murky one. This paper operationalizes quality of life by examining survey data for 38 U.S. cities on perceptions of neighborhood quality. The results show a high level of heterogeneity among shrinking cities in terms of perceptions of neighborhood quality, with some cities experiencing both loss in housing and population while increasing overall perceptions of neighborhood quality. Future research ought to probe these relationships further to better understand how smart decline might affect neighborhood change
Affect (linguistics · Cognitive reframing · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Mindset · Perception · Population · Quality (philosophy · Quality of life (healthcare · Rubric · Sociology · Survey data collection · Demography · Housing Market and Economics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning
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A systematic review of shrinking cities literature
Centering environmental justice
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The Elasticity of Shrinking Cities
Contiguity of underutilized lands
Dimensions of shrinkage
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Parallels and divergences
Well-being amidst population decline
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Comparing the quality of life of cities that gained and lost population
Continuity among stayers
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Are shrinking populations stifling urban resilience? Evidence from 111 resource-based cities in China
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The production of urban vacant land
Determining the association of the built environment and socioeconomic attributes with urban shrinking in Yokohama City
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Maintain, demolish, re-purpose
Shrinking cities
Exploring dynamic process of regional shrinkage in Ohio
Reprint of “The production of urban vacant land
Heritage amid an urban crisis
Effects of housing asset deflation on shrinking cities
The impact of residents' perceptions of urban shrinkage on overall life satisfaction – The case of Yichun, China
Top-down spatial developments and bottom-up consumption of space
How does urban shrinkage influence urban resilience? Empirical evidence from Northeast China
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Residents’ preferred policy actions for shrinking cities
Urban shrapnel
The diversity of North American shrinking cities
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Growing shrinking cities
Excessive rightsizing? The interdependence of public school closures and population shrinkage
Strategies for sustainability in shrinking cities
Assessing the Feasibility of Side Yard Programs as a Solution to Land Vacancy in U.S. Shrinking Cities
Morphological dynamics of cost-efficient urban areas
Neighborhood Connections, Physical Disorder, and Neighborhood Satisfaction in Las Vegas
Overcoming Urban Growth Coalition
The Social and Fiscal Consequences of Urban Decline
Reassessing “City Limits” in Urban Public Policy
The Prevalence of Prosperous Shrinking Cities
Shrinking Cities as Retirement Cities? Opportunities for Shrinking Cities as Green Living Environments for Older Individuals
| Unique citing works | 63 |
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| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |