The urban news in America has been dominated by three stories. First, the not guilty verdict on George Zimmerman the killer of Trayvon Martin. Second, Anthony Wiener’s predilection for sexting – he was the front runner for the democrats to get the nomination in the New York mayoral race and third the city of Detroit going into […]
Posts Tagged ‘Shrinkage’
Letter from America: The F Word, Watch a City Die because of the Mismatch between the City and the Functional Urban Area
A Loosing Combination for Romanian Cities? Shrinking Population and Urban Sprawl
Romanian cities, in less than 20 years, as many European cities, had to cope with two major challenges: industrial restructuring after 1990 and the economic crisis which started in 2008. Additionally, Romanian cities had to adapt to new economic approaches, after more than 40 years with a centralized system during the communist period. With a […]
Shrink Smart : A Challenge for Polish Cities
While the urban population is growing extremely fast in the world, some cities are shrinking dramatically, especially in Europe. It poses a series of problems in terms of liveability, sustainability and rehabilitation. Here the URBACT National Dissemination Point in Poland presents the case of two Polish cities – Bytom and Sosnowiec – that have explored solutions […]
Authors
Aidan Cerar
Aldo Vargas
Alice Ferguson
Alina Andreea Băileşteanu
Alison Partridge
Amy Labarrière
Ana Resende
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