The bounds of smart decline: a foundational theory for planning shrinking cities

Justin B. Hollander and Jeremy Németh

Housing Policy Debate, 2011, vol. 21, issue 3, 349-367

Abstract: Economic decline has led to a new wave of population decline throughout the US, meaning more and more cities are shrinking. Growing interest in using smart decline principles to respond to shrinkage has been met with controversy in cities such as Detroit and Cleveland. This paper advances a foundational theory of smart decline that takes as its starting point discussions of ethics, equity, and social justice in the planning and political theory literature, but is well grounded in observations of successful smart decline practice.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2011.585164

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