Residential vacancy is a visible symptom of community decline in peri-urban villages of
China. Mixed-use development has emerged as a possible approach for land use planning …

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation initiated a 'Lots of
Green'programme to reuse vacant land in 2010. We performed a difference-in-differences …

The majority of the shrinking cities literature focuses solely on instances of population loss
and economic decline. This article argues that shrinking cities exist on a spectrum between …

Vacant and abandoned buildings pose significant challenges to the health and safety of
communities. In 2011 the City of Philadelphia began enforcing a Doors and Windows …

Vacant urban areas (VUAs) can consist of both vacant land and abandoned structures. In
this article, the authors summarize a recent survey on VUA, examine current conditions and …

Neighborhood decline is a critical issue in shrinking cities. Components of sustainable
urbanism such as mixed land uses have risen as possible urban planning-based …

High levels of neighborhood housing vacancy—especially periods exceeding more than
several months—have long been a concern to community developers and policymakers in …

Often cities are tainted by degraded areas, abandoned and vandalized buildings, and
vacant plots, which is commonly called “blight”. Blight is a complex problem with varied …

In St. Louis, as in many other cities, decline and displacement occurred when key policies,
prejudices, and plans interacted with broad economic restructuring to devastate poor and …

Urban housing and transportation are strongly related systems. However, few studies have
explored the balance between urban housing and transportation systems. Excess …