Population Decline in Polish and Czech Cities during Post-socialism? Looking Behind the Official Statistics

Steinführer, Annett; Bierzyński, Adam; Großmann, Katrin; Haase, Annegret; Kabisch, Sigrun; Klusáček, Petr

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“…It should be noted, that the analysis of the movement of people between the cities is complicated because actual population size often does not correspond to the official statistical numbers. The researchers from Eastern Europe face the same challenge (Steinführer, et al, 2010).…”

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Population change in the regional centres and internal periphery of the regions in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus over the period of 1990-2000s

Karachurina

Mkrtchyan

2015

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Abstract. The paper looks into the dynamics of the population size of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus after the census of 1989. Regions and cities of these countries were the focus of the research (territorial units level NUTS-3). The analysis addresses the question to what degree the remoteness from the regional centre, i.e. the position in the core-periphery system, influences the dynamics of the population size of the territorial units of the given level. For the analytical purposes the distinction has been made between the regional centres including adjacent suburban areas and internal regional periphery comprising districts and cities. The main indicator employed was the distance between the periphery areas and regional centres.The results of the analysis show that in spite of the depopulation of all three countries and severe transformational crisis, there was a steady growth of the population size in the regional centres, while the periphery areas of the regions continued to lose the population. The mentioned differences are primarily determined by migration flows, since the fertility rates are below the replacement level in all the countries' territories. Population tends to concentrate in the regional centres, which means urbanisation has not been completed yet. While similar patterns of population decline are observed in the periphery areas of Ukraine and Belarus, in Russia the depopulation rates are negatively influenced by the factor of remoteness of a periphery area from the regional centre. All three countries experienced rural population decline everywhere but suburban areas of the regional centres.

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Population change in the regional centres and internal periphery of the regions in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus over the period of 1990-2000s

Karachurina

Mkrtchyan

2015

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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“…Shortly thereafter it was described in the US in terms such as urban decline, urban decay or simply depopulation (Pallapst et al 2011). Urban researchers had to find comprehensive explanations for the variety of manifestations and conditions of decline, in addition to investigating its trajectories, conflicting interests, and hardly predictable trends (Martinez-Fernandez et al 2012;Steinführer et al 2010). There was a general lack of "(…) systematic empirical analysis of the crisis as a 'laboratory' for urban governance models" (Oosterlynck andGonzález 2013, p 1076).…”

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Innovative post-neoliberal policy as a way out of crisis? Another reflection on the case of urban decline in Detroit

Čamprag

2018

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Introduction: Many scholars have discussed urban decline, and one of the emerging discourses has called for redefining the crisis as an opportunity to establish new urban governance models. This paper evaluates the outcomes of such innovative approaches to managing urban decline by identifying its major implementation challenges, effects and outcomes, and pointing out long-term development perspectives. Case description:The focus was on Detroit, the 'greatest failure' among the troubled large cities in the US, whose municipal government, policy makers and elites have invested a great deal of effort to stem the city's rapid decline. Discussion and evaluation:Of particular interest was the period since 2013 when the city government declared bankruptcy. An innovative strategy based on stabilisation, recovery, and irreversible degrowth was then embraced. The research method to investigate the efficiency of its implementation is centered on analysis of the secondary literature, strategies and official documents designed by the local government and private foundations in Detroit, as well as of supporting news reports. Conclusions:In conclusion, besides the importance of redefining approaches to urban policy-making in declining cities, the study illustrated the necessity of developing equally innovative alternative ways for their successful implementation.

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“…At this point, it is also appropriate to highlight the problem of the comparability of statistical data in the metropolitan areas of post-socialist Central Europe related to the census data versus the annual population register. For example, Steinführer et al (2010) found the significant statistical variations in the measurements of the population size (influenced by suburbanization, intraregional and international labour out-migration, etc.) However, these impacts are negligible in terms of the results of our research.…”

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The Metropolisation Processes A Case of Central Europe and the Czech Republic

Viturka¹,

Pařil²,

Tonev³

et al. 2017

Prague Economic Papers

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The article deals with the strategically important problems of metropolisation. In this context, it presents a theoretically based method of assessment of metropolises, the explanatory power of which was verified on the example of the Central Europe. This method is based on three components: population size (initial assumption), economic profile (ties to economic performance) and general attractiveness (the perception of development potential). The results of the evaluation of the 27 identified metropolises were generalized using a typology of their inclusion within the framework of the listed components: most metropolises were classified as type B -an established metropolis, followed by type C -an elementary metropolis, and type A -a dominant metropolis. A practically targeted conceptualization is then demonstrated on the example of the Czech Republic. The main attention was focused on the intensity of the economic links of Prague (and two further Czech centres) with other Central European metropolises.

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Population Decline in Polish and Czech Cities during Post-socialism? Looking Behind the Official Statistics

Cited by 40 publications

References 23 publications

Population change in the regional centres and internal periphery of the regions in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus over the period of 1990-2000s

Population change in the regional centres and internal periphery of the regions in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus over the period of 1990-2000s

Innovative post-neoliberal policy as a way out of crisis? Another reflection on the case of urban decline in Detroit

The Metropolisation Processes A Case of Central Europe and the Czech Republic

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