Strategies to Cope with Shrinkage in the Lower End of the Urban Hierarchy in Estonia and Central Germany

European Planning Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 147-165

  Leetmaa, Kadri ^a   Kriszan, Agnes ^b   Nuga, Mari ^a   Burdack, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PLANNING; SOCIALISM; STAKEHOLDER; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

ESTONIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84912033197     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2013.820100     Document Type: Article

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