Sociology

Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive Without Growth

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Jun 13, 2023
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2023
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6 x 9 in.
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55 photos and illustrations
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Over the past hundred years, the global motto has been 鈥渕ore, more, more鈥� in terms of growth 鈥� of population, of the built environment, of human and financial capital, and of all manner of worldly goods. This was the reality as the world population boomed during the 1960s and 1970s. But reality is changing in front of our eyes. Growth is already slowing down, and according to the most sophisticated demographers, the earth鈥檚 population will begin to decline not hundreds of years from now, but within the lifetimes of many of the people now living on the planet.

In Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World, urban policy expert Alan Mallach seeks to understand how declining population and economic growth, coupled with the other forces that will influence their fates, particularly climate change, will affect the world鈥檚 cities over the coming decades. What will it mean to have a world full of shrinking cities? Does it mean that they are doomed to decline in more ways than simply population numbers, or can we uncouple population decline from economic decay, abandoned buildings and impoverishment?

Mallach has spent much of the last thirty or more years working in, looking at, thinking, and writing about shrinking cities鈥攆rom Trenton, New Jersey, where he was director of housing and economic development, to other American cities like Detroit, Flint, and St. Louis, and from there to cities in Japan and Central and Eastern Europe. He has woven together his experience, research, and analysis in this fascinating, realistic yet hopeful look at how smaller, shrinking cities can thrive, despite the daunting challenges they face.