Shrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France

While Shrinking Cities are the object of a growing interest in Europe and in the United States, they remain understudied in France. Indeed, few research works have been dedicated to the topic and urban policies, at least at the national level, do not deal with this question. This situation could fin...

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Autores principales: Manuel Wolff, Sylvie Fol, Hélène Roth, Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c080efa83d93495cbb62aaed3326026b2021-12-02T11:12:05ZShrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France1278-336610.4000/cybergeo.28033https://doaj.org/article/c080efa83d93495cbb62aaed3326026b2017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/28033https://doaj.org/toc/1278-3366While Shrinking Cities are the object of a growing interest in Europe and in the United States, they remain understudied in France. Indeed, few research works have been dedicated to the topic and urban policies, at least at the national level, do not deal with this question. This situation could find an explanation in the fact that the process of urban shrinkage, in France, has not reached the point where it could get academic and politic attention. In order to verify this hypothesis, this article aims at measuring the extent of the phenomenon of urban shrinkage in France. It will try to assess whether this process, although internationally recognized, is in France as marginal as the lack of interest it creates suggests or whether its evolution could lead to a better recognition by national policies. Keywords: demographic change, Shrinking Cities, urban shrinkage, urban declineManuel WolffSylvie FolHélène RothEmmanuèle Cunningham-SabotUnité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-citésarticleGeography (General)G1-922DEENFRITPTCybergeo (2017)
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Manuel Wolff
Sylvie Fol
Hélène Roth
Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot
Shrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France
description While Shrinking Cities are the object of a growing interest in Europe and in the United States, they remain understudied in France. Indeed, few research works have been dedicated to the topic and urban policies, at least at the national level, do not deal with this question. This situation could find an explanation in the fact that the process of urban shrinkage, in France, has not reached the point where it could get academic and politic attention. In order to verify this hypothesis, this article aims at measuring the extent of the phenomenon of urban shrinkage in France. It will try to assess whether this process, although internationally recognized, is in France as marginal as the lack of interest it creates suggests or whether its evolution could lead to a better recognition by national policies. Keywords: demographic change, Shrinking Cities, urban shrinkage, urban decline
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author Manuel Wolff
Sylvie Fol
Hélène Roth
Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot
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Hélène Roth
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title Shrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France
title_short Shrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France
title_full Shrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France
title_fullStr Shrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France
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