Urban Shrinkage and Everyday Life in Post-Socialist Cities: Living with Diversity in Hrušov, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Maes, Marieke; Kesteloot, Chris; Loopmans, Maarten

doi:10.2148/benv.38.2.229

Cited by 10 publications

(12 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The most visible example of the decline in built-up areas is the Hrušov locality, where the long-term decline was accelerated by floods in 1997 resulting in this area becoming the most devastated locality in Ostrava [129,130]. The structures of estates and high rises in "old Ostrava" and also in Poruba and Ostrava-Jih were displaying a slight decrease in population density, but there were also growing localities.…”

Section: Results: Evolution Of Spatial Patterns Of Intra-urban Populamentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Shrinkage and Sustainability: Assessing the Nexus between Population Density, Urban Structures and Urban Sustainability

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Urban shrinkage has become a common pathway (not only) in post-socialist cities, which represents new challenges for traditionally growth-oriented spatial planning. Though in the post-socialist area, the situation is even worse due to prevailing weak planning culture and resulting uncoordinated development. The case of the city of Ostrava illustrates how the problem of (in)efficient infrastructure operation, and maintenance, in already fragmented urban structure is exacerbated by the growing size of urban area (through low-intensity land-use) in combination with declining size of population (due to high rate of outmigration). Shrinkage, however, is, on the intra-urban level, spatially differentiated. Population, paradoxically, most intensively declines in the least financially demanding land-uses and grows in the most expensive land-uses for public administration. As population and urban structure development prove to have strong inertia, this land-use development constitutes a great challenge for a city’s future sustainability. The main objective of the paper is to explore the nexus between change in population density patterns in relation to urban shrinkage, and sustainability of public finance.

show abstract

Section: Results: Evolution Of Spatial Patterns Of Intra-urban Populamentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Shrinkage and Sustainability: Assessing the Nexus between Population Density, Urban Structures and Urban Sustainability

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The phenomenon of urban shrinkage is associated with multidimensional causes and consequences, involving economic, demographic, geographic, social, and physical dimensions [1,2,27]. Once urban shrinkage sets in, investment by public and private actors is usually reduced and restricted to the most favorable localities, which implies the decay of infrastructure, deterioration of service, and downgrading of livability and vitality [10,54]. Also, urban shrinkage generally comes with a selective migration process, leaving the most marginalized groups behind [15,16].…”

Section: Shrinking Cities and Neighborhoodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The issue of sustainability frequently involves economic, environmental, and social dimensions, among which, the social component has been the least contextualized and has not been very clearly defined or agreed upon to date [6,9]. In order to understand and maintain social sustainability in the shrinking urban context, the understanding of citizens' perception of shrinkage and other associated social changes are paramount but frequently overlooked [6,10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In terms of urban shrinkage at the neighborhood level, associated studies mainly concern the spatial and social effects on neighborhood quality [10,30], and the policy responses of community governance and redevelopment [31][32][33][34]. Noticeably, the existing literature does not go far enough in explaining the meaning of neighborhood shrinkage for local residents, particularly regarding the aspects of local identity and place attachment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Shrinking Historic Neighborhoods and Authenticity Dilution: An Unspoken Challenge of Historic Chinatowns in the United States through the Case of San Francisco

Xie

Batunova

2019

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Despite a rising amount of urban shrinkage research, little attention is paid to the shrinking historic ethnic neighborhoods, where authenticity plays a vital role in maintaining local heritage, identity, and livability. This article concerns the historic Chinatowns in the United States that are largely confronting the evident decline of the ethnic Chinese population and authenticity dilution. Taking San Francisco’s historic Chinatown as a case study, the research portrays an alternative face of urban shrinkage at the neighborhood level with a specific integration of authenticity discourse. Through combining quantitative statistical analysis and qualitative research on the basis of interviews, the paper presents how neighborhood shrinkage and authenticity dilution are perceived and characterized and further reveals the interactive process of neighborhood shrinkage and authenticity dilution, and their impacts on social sustainability. The study also demonstrates the notable necessity and possibility to incorporate the issue of authenticity into the discourse of urban shrinkage, which enables a deepened understanding of the cumulative effects of urban shrinkage on local lives and social sustainability, and establishing a more comprehensive and targeted framework of strategies, particularly for those carrying significant social, cultural, and emotional meaning.

show abstract

“…Ignorance about social issues, or their treatment as a 'secondary issue' for policy making, as opposed, for example, to economic policies, have exacerbated many of these problems (cortese et al 2013). the cities see themselves in a situation in which increasing problems go hand in hand with decreasing capacities (financial, personnel) to resolve them (Maes et al 2012). 6.…”

Section: Gradual Acceleratingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shrinking Cities in Post‐socialist Europe: What Can We Learn From Their Analysis for Theory Building Today?

Haase

Rink

Großmann

2016

Geografiska Annaler Series B

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the final decades of the twentieth century, the post‐industrial regions of western Europe and the US were hot‐spots of urban shrinkage, and this also affected large areas in post‐socialist countries. Despite ongoing calls for a better integration of diverse global urban experiences into theorization, post‐socialist cities and their trajectories, as well as their experiences with rapid urban change, have been largely disregarded in general theory development.At the same time, we face a somewhat inconsistent situation in the theoretical discourse on urban development. There are requests for “new geographies of theory” or to regard all cities as “ordinary”, in order to include different types of narratives and experience into overall comparisons and/or theory building.Set against this background, this paper aims to deal with the case of shrinking post‐socialist cities, that is, cities that are “excluded” from hegemonic discourses for two reasons: they are post‐socialist and they are shrinking. In contrast to this situation, we understand shrinking post‐socialist cities as valuable examples for strengthening the debate on current and future forms of, and determining factors for, general urbanization. At the focus of our paper, therefore, are the questions about what we can learn from the analysis of shrinking post‐socialist cities for the general discourse, as well as for theory building for cities, and how we can overcome the observed reluctance to integrate the post‐socialist experience into general theory development.The paper draws on an EU 7 FP research project finished in 2012 that comparatively analysed urban shrinkage across several regions of Europe, with a particular focus on post‐socialist countries.

show abstract

Urban Shrinkage and Everyday Life in Post-Socialist Cities: Living with Diversity in Hrušov, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Cited by 10 publications

References 0 publications

Urban Shrinkage and Sustainability: Assessing the Nexus between Population Density, Urban Structures and Urban Sustainability

Urban Shrinkage and Sustainability: Assessing the Nexus between Population Density, Urban Structures and Urban Sustainability

Shrinking Historic Neighborhoods and Authenticity Dilution: An Unspoken Challenge of Historic Chinatowns in the United States through the Case of San Francisco

Shrinking Cities in Post‐socialist Europe: What Can We Learn From Their Analysis for Theory Building Today?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About