Cities have special importance and the potential to serve as places for social, economic, and
ecological transition experiments. They create organisations and networks to collectively …

Air pollution is a matter of great significance that confronts the sustainable progress of urban
areas. Against India's swift urbanization, several urban areas exhibit the coexistence of …

Chinese cities face challenges of uneven development, high carbon emission intensity, and
low efficiency in urbanization processes. Achieving harmonization and equilibrium between …

In Europe, urban shrinkage has emerged as a prominent and concerning phenomenon. It is
affecting an increasingly large number of cities, particularly small and medium-sized ones …

Greening and green regeneration have been developed as a major strategy for improving
quality of life in cities and neighbourhoods. Greening policies and projects are being applied …

Small town shrinkage has become a global social and economic phenomenon. County
towns, which are characterized by large numbers, diverse types, important functions and …

The cityscape changes constantly, reflecting the socio-economic conditions of a given
urbanised area—both globally and in any given country. Post-industrial buildings and …

Recent debates about 'left behind'places have opened up new opportunities to understand
the interconnected challenges faced by many regions in the Global North. At the same time …

EU post-socialist countries are nowadays the epicenter of urban shrinkage, despite
economic growth trajectories reported during the last decades. However, systematic …

This article borrows Heri Lefebvre's space production theory to discuss the cultural
governance of East Asian cities and how culture is used as a means of spatial organization …