Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching
implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and rapid urbanization. This …

Urbanization is one of the most important global change processes. As the share of people
in, and the footprint of, urban areas continue to grow globally and locally, understanding …

In recent years, there has been rapid urbanization worldwide, resulting in both benefits and
problems. Sustainable urbanization has become an important aspect in promoting …

Shrinking cities are characterized by a huge oversupply of dwellings and resulting
residential vacancies. Discussions among urban planners and policymakers in Europe have …

After a decade of tremendous population loss indicating severe decline, some large east
German cities have been displaying signs of reurbanisation since the late 1990s. Using the …

Whereas environmental and social impacts of urban sprawl are widely discussed among
scholars from both the natural and social sciences, the spatial consequences of urban …

This study focuses on the way urban dynamic processes challenge existing monitoring
approaches and how urban structure types (UST) support an effective urban management …

Over 180 articles concerning urban geography aspects of European post-socialist cities and
their near hinterland, published between 1990-2012 in international journals, were selected …

Since the middle of the last century post-industrial cities around the world have been losing
population and shrinking due to the decline of their structural growth models, showing …

After the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, demographic decline and urban shrinkage brought
massive changes in the housing stock in East German cities. Urban planners and policy …