Der Atlas der schrumpfenden Stdte gibt erstmals einen weltweiten

berblick zu diesem wichtigen Thema heutiger Stadtentwicklung:

Welche Stdte schrumpfen? Wo benden sich diese Stdte? Welche Prozesse liegen der Schrumpfung zugrunde? Auf 160 Seiten zeigen 28 Weltkarten, zahlreiche Statistiken und 16 lexikalische Essays
das globale Phnomen schrumpfender Stdte auf, dessen Ursachen
von demograschen Entwicklungen und Migrationsstrmen ber Ressourcenverknappung und Umweltzerstrungen bis zu Vernderungen
der Siedlungsformen reichen. 40 Fallbeispiele schrumpfender Stdte
aus allen Kontinenten veranschaulichen die komplexen Ursachen und
konkreten Auswirkungen der globalen Transformationsprozesse.

The Atlas of Shrinking Cities provides the rst comprehensive and

global overview of this critical urban development of our times:
Which cities are shrinking? Where are these cities? What are the
processes that underlie shrinkage? In its 160 pages the atlas presents 28 world maps, numerous statistics, and 16 lexical essays that
document the global phenomenon of shrinking cities, the causes of
which range from demographic developments and migration patterns to shortages of resources, ecocide, and changes in settlement
types. 40 case studies of shrinking cities on all of the continents
illustrate the complex causes and concrete effects of global processes of transformation.

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