Cities Regrowing Smaller (CIRES)
Action Kick-off meeting, Brussels - Cities Regrowing Smaller
Action Kick-off meeting, Brussels - Cities Regrowing Smaller
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1 Background: Urban Shrinkage in Europe<br />
Shrinking <strong>Cities</strong> in Europe<br />
A ‘shrinking city’ is defined as …<br />
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a densely populated urban area with a minimum population of<br />
10,000 residents<br />
that has faced a population loss in large parts of it<br />
for more than 2 years and<br />
is undergoing economic transformations with some symptoms of<br />
a structural crisis.<br />
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According to different studies every 6th to 4th large city<br />
worldwide has lost population in the 1990ies<br />
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Regrowing</strong> <strong>Smaller</strong><br />
21.04.2009<br />
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