The Shrinking City as a Testing Ground for Urban Degrowth Practices

To inform and operationalize an urban degrowth agenda, more systematic and larger-scale experimentation with degrowth practices is needed. The aim of this study was to explore the suitability of shrinking cities as testing grounds for urban degrowth practices. To answer this question, we analyzed two cases, both urban greening initiatives, located in the shrinking urban region of Parkstad Limburg, in the Netherlands. The cases show that in a shrinking city, with a large surplus of urban land and long-term vacancy and demolishing of buildings, there is literally abundant "room" to experiment wi... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hermans, Maurice
de Kraker, Joop
Scholl, Christian
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Verlag/Hrsg.: PRT
Schlagwörter: Städtebau / Raumplanung / Landschaftsgestaltung / Landscaping and area planning / degrowth / shrinking cities / urban experiments / urban greening / urban shrinkage / Raumplanung und Regionalforschung / Area Development Planning / Regional Research / Stadtentwicklung / Stadtplanung / Grünfläche / Niederlande / Gebäudeleerstand / Flächennutzung / urban development / urban planning / green space / Netherlands / empty buildings / area utilization
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