Left-behind Places or Spaces of Possibilities? Shrinking Cities as Foregrounds for Urban Transitions
Open Access
Academic Editor(s): Bettina Knoop (TU Dresden) and Robert Knippschild (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development / TU Dresden)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/up.i471
Table of Contents
| Negotiating Possibilities in Shrinking Cities: Potentials, Challenges, and Policy Implications | |||||||||
| Bettina Knoop and Robert Knippschild | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 15 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Shrinkage as an Opportunity? Local Cultures, Power Structures, and Spaces of Possibility in Two Communities in Lusatia | |||||||||
| Franz Erhard, Silvia Mann, Emilia Socha and Julian Borchard | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 21 January 2026 | |||||||||
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| Declining Opportunities? Perceptions of Housing Market Risk in Shrinking Cities | |||||||||
| Can Orhan and Paula Prenzel | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 18 February 2026 | |||||||||
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| Who Matters in Residential Building Reuse? Navigating Conflicts and Collaborations Through Stakeholder–Issue Mapping | |||||||||
| Lamiaa Ghoz | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 9 March 2026 | |||||||||
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| The Reurbanization That Never Was: Governance Challenges in Poland’s Suburbanizing Cities | |||||||||
| Katarzyna Kajdanek | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 19 January 2026 | |||||||||
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| Planning Culture and Local Agents of Change: Shaping Urban Transition in a Shrinking Polish City | |||||||||
| Przemysław Ciesiółka | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 25 February 2026 | |||||||||
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| Planning Approaches Liaised With Justification and Relation to Growth: Missing Link in the Shrinkage Context? | |||||||||
| Anni Saviaro, Sari Hirvonen-Kantola and Helka-Liisa Hentilä | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 15 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Does Compactness Matter? Comparative Study of Medium‐Sized Shrinking Cities’ Compactness in Germany and Poland | |||||||||
| Ewa Szymczyk, Mateusz Bukowski and Andrzej Tomski | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 March 2026 | |||||||||
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| Negotiating “Left‐Behindness” and Migration‐Related Diversity in (New) Arrival Spaces | |||||||||
| Hannah Brill, Norma Schemschat, Heike Hanhörster, Nils Hans, Lara Hartig and Isabel Ramos Lobato | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 15 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Shrinkage and Marginalisation in Large Housing Estates: Impacts on Atmospheres in Public Spaces | |||||||||
| Katja Friedrich and Stefanie Rößler | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 15 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Not Just Shrinkage: Left‐Behind Places, the Polycrisis, and Populist Politics | |||||||||
| Alan Mallach, Manuel Wolff and Annegret Haase | |||||||||
| Commentary | Open Access | Published: 8 April 2026 | |||||||||
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