Smart shrinkage solutions? The future of present-day urban regeneration on the inner peripheries of Europe

Mykhnenko, Vlad

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103018

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“…While the Handbook is the result of an EU-funded program aimed to train a new generation of academics and practitioners in the field of study, other recent experiences deserve attention. For instance, the consortium of established researchers "Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Fostering Resilient Cities in Inner Peripheries of Europe" 3 produced an inventory of best practices and most feasible solutions to the problem of urban shrinkage from 2017 to 2020 (Mykhnenko et al 2021 and 4 . In general, academics choose two ways to shed light on many facets and consequently produce new knowledge on shrinking cities.…”

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Handbook on Shrinking cities

Camerin,

Gastaldi

2023

contesti

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It is not our intention here to resuscitate ‘wasteland’ and ‘shrinking’ as epistemological categories but to underline a volume that goes beyond finding new uses for wasteland derived from shrinkage. The contribution chosen for review is one of the last and updated contributions about shrinkage and the management of wasteland which main goal has been the provision of examples based on multi- and trans-disciplinary research and practices for a more sustainable future for shrinking territories. The volume is, in turn, the result of the outcomes of the European-driven program “Reviving shrinking cities – innovative paths and perspectives toward livability for shrinking cities in Europe” and this element add relevance to the field as it is the collective effort of a wider training program for Ph.D. students that hopefully can develop even more their compelling findings. The decision to make a reflection on this volume arises from the fact that this meaty 450-page manuscript was organized around research areas and case studies that suddenly had to confront an unexpected and destabilizing factor: the 2020 pandemic. The impact of Covid-19 on urban trajectories has been so significant that it has generated new dynamics worldwide, especially in shrinking realities. For this reason, the contents of “Handbook on Shrinking cities” can serve as a guide for investigating and rethinking ways to intervene in shrinking central, suburban, and rural areas.

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Handbook on Shrinking cities

Camerin,

Gastaldi

2023

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“…Job-seeking out-migration quite often presents itself as the only alternative, resulting in rapid population loss, also known as shrinkage. Whilst urban shrinkage is a complex phenomenon (Mykhnenko, 2023), the depopulation processes in Ukraine's coal-mining towns have unfolded amidst an overall population decline across the entire region, albeit within different timeframes. Coal-mining towns in Donetska oblast experienced a significant population decrease since in the early 2000s: during that period, the population of some mining towns dropped by 11%, whereas the region as a whole saw only a 1% decrease.…”

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Three-Dimensional Brownfields: The Tragedy of the Mining Communities

CHEREVATSKYI,

MYKHNENKO,

SOLDAK

2023

JEE

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The processes of active restructuring in the mining industry of many countries have entailed the physical closure of enterprises, accompanied by measures to mitigate their environmental and social impacts. Brownfields that emerged in districts with developed mining industries are predominantly perceived through a stereotypically flat, superficial, and narrowly literal lens. Adhering to such an approach is risky both in terms of ecology and in the aspect of economic losses incurred in territories with concentrated localization of mines. The article provides substantiation for the importance of perceiving brownfields within a threedimensional space, with due consideration given to geological deformations, dynamics of underground water and gas flows, and the potential of gravitational and geo-thermal energy. The authors propose interpreting brownfields as either oper ating or abandoned industrial sites with buildings and infrastructure facilities on the ground surface, as well as natural landscapes that are negatively affected by geological, hydrodynamic, and gas-dynamic processes characteristic of the disturbance of the subsoil due to underground or open-pit mining operations. The reuse and recycling of industrial waste accumulated within brownfields alone cannot ensure the survival of coal-mining towns. Similarly, depopulation cannot be halted solely through economic instruments. Thus, the strategy for the development of coal-mining towns should entail ‘enlightened’ restructuring in line with the ideas of ‘Smart Shrinking’.

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Promoting Fiscal Incentives for Urban Regeneration: Local Government Digital Presence

Dinis

2024

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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Smart shrinkage solutions? The future of present-day urban regeneration on the inner peripheries of Europe

Cited by 11 publications

References 59 publications

Handbook on Shrinking cities

Handbook on Shrinking cities

Three-Dimensional Brownfields: The Tragedy of the Mining Communities

Promoting Fiscal Incentives for Urban Regeneration: Local Government Digital Presence

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