Urban shrinkage in Germany and the USA: A Comparison of Transformation Patterns and Local Strategies

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-280

  Wiechmann, Thorsten ^a   Pallagst, Karina M ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Eastern Germany; Economic decline; Planning paradigms; Shrinking cities; USA

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; PARADIGM SHIFT; POPULATION DECLINE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CITY; CITY PLANNING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GERMANY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857444500     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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