Dealing with urban and rural shrinkage: formal and informal strategies

More and more places across the world are confronted with demographic shrinkage. This edited volume discusses how local communities in city and countryside have responded to the challenge of population decline. It is argued that formal strategies based on political and public sector decisions are on...

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Weitere Verfasser: Hospers, Gert-Jan 1974- (HerausgeberIn), Syssner, Josefina 1973- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Zürich Lit 2018
Schriftenreihe:Regionen in Europa 5
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Zusammenfassung:More and more places across the world are confronted with demographic shrinkage. This edited volume discusses how local communities in city and countryside have responded to the challenge of population decline. It is argued that formal strategies based on political and public sector decisions are only one way to deal with shrinkage. Informal adaptation strategies developed by civil society play an important role as well. To illustrate this, the book brings together a variety of theoretical perspectives, case studies and policy lessons from both urban and rural areas
Beschreibung:146 Seiten
ISBN:9783643908223