Shrinking and Non-Global Cities: Similarities and Differences
Апстракт
The concept of shrinking cities has become well-known among both scientists and practitioners
in urban planning and design. Basically, shrinking cities experience many downturn trends due to
structural problems in local economy. The most notorious trend is certainly population shrinkage,
by which the concept got this name two decades ago. The other ones, such as a brain drain, limited
employment opportunities or population ageing, are not less problematic for the future urban
prospects, too.
Nevertheless, the focus in the current research on shrinking cities has changed last decade. The overall
focus on the effects of deindustrialisation has slowly receded to other subtopics related to various
socio-economic constraints, such as relation between regional and urban shrinkage, suburbanisation
vs. central city development, spatial peripherality, etc. Many such new subtopics touch the huge
theme of globalisation and global cities, as well as connected topics of spatial networking..., centrality,
and multi-layer connectivity. Interestingly, the opposite phenomenon – non-global cities – has not
been adequately addressed within it despite the most of cities globally belongs to this group.
This research is dedicated to explain the term of non-global cities as a new paradigm in urban studies
and tries to link it with the phenomenon of shrinking cities. The comparison of the tenets of shrinking
cities are compared with the general elements of non-global cities to fi nd the main similarities
and differences between them, enshrining additionally the phenomenon of non-global cities. The
conclusion of this research reveals that both of them, although present independent concepts,
overlap in the certain regional and typological contexts.
Кључне речи:
Shrinking cities / Non-global cities / Global cities / Spatial networks / ConnectivityИзвор:
Keeping up with technologies to imagine and build together sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful cities [Elektronski izvor] : proceedings / 8th International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, Belgrade, 2023, 2024, 52-59Издавач:
- Belgrade : University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture
Институција/група
Arhitektonski fakultetTY - CONF AU - Antonić, Branislav PY - 2024 UR - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2155 AB - The concept of shrinking cities has become well-known among both scientists and practitioners in urban planning and design. Basically, shrinking cities experience many downturn trends due to structural problems in local economy. The most notorious trend is certainly population shrinkage, by which the concept got this name two decades ago. The other ones, such as a brain drain, limited employment opportunities or population ageing, are not less problematic for the future urban prospects, too. Nevertheless, the focus in the current research on shrinking cities has changed last decade. The overall focus on the effects of deindustrialisation has slowly receded to other subtopics related to various socio-economic constraints, such as relation between regional and urban shrinkage, suburbanisation vs. central city development, spatial peripherality, etc. Many such new subtopics touch the huge theme of globalisation and global cities, as well as connected topics of spatial networking, centrality, and multi-layer connectivity. Interestingly, the opposite phenomenon – non-global cities – has not been adequately addressed within it despite the most of cities globally belongs to this group. This research is dedicated to explain the term of non-global cities as a new paradigm in urban studies and tries to link it with the phenomenon of shrinking cities. The comparison of the tenets of shrinking cities are compared with the general elements of non-global cities to fi nd the main similarities and differences between them, enshrining additionally the phenomenon of non-global cities. The conclusion of this research reveals that both of them, although present independent concepts, overlap in the certain regional and typological contexts. PB - Belgrade : University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture C3 - Keeping up with technologies to imagine and build together sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful cities [Elektronski izvor] : proceedings / 8th International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, Belgrade, 2023 T1 - Shrinking and Non-Global Cities: Similarities and Differences SP - 52 EP - 59 DO - 10.18485/arh_pt.2024.8.ch5 ER -
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Antonić, B.. (2024). Shrinking and Non-Global Cities: Similarities and Differences. in Keeping up with technologies to imagine and build together sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful cities [Elektronski izvor] : proceedings / 8th International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, Belgrade, 2023 Belgrade : University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture., 52-59. https://doi.org/10.18485/arh_pt.2024.8.ch5
Antonić B. Shrinking and Non-Global Cities: Similarities and Differences. in Keeping up with technologies to imagine and build together sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful cities [Elektronski izvor] : proceedings / 8th International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, Belgrade, 2023. 2024;:52-59. doi:10.18485/arh_pt.2024.8.ch5 .
Antonić, Branislav, "Shrinking and Non-Global Cities: Similarities and Differences" in Keeping up with technologies to imagine and build together sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful cities [Elektronski izvor] : proceedings / 8th International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, Belgrade, 2023 (2024):52-59, https://doi.org/10.18485/arh_pt.2024.8.ch5 . .