Population Decline in Polish and Czech Cities during Post-socialism? Looking Behind the Official Statistics

Annett Steinführer, Adam Bierzynski, Katrin Großmann, Annegret Haase, Sigrun Kabisch and Petr Klusácek
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Annett Steinführer: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, annett.steinfuehrer@ufz.de
Adam Bierzynski: Department of Urban and Population Geography, Stanislaw Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, Warsaw 00-818, Poland, adamb@twarda.pan.pl
Katrin Großmann: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, katrin.grossmann@ufz.de
Annegret Haase: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, annegret.haase@ufz.de
Sigrun Kabisch: Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, sigrun.kabisch@ufz.de
Petr Klusácek: Department of Environmental Geography, Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Drobného 28, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, klusacek@geonika.cz

Urban Studies, 2010, vol. 47, issue 11, 2325-2346

Abstract: The evolving debate on ‘urban shrinkage’ mirrors an increasing interest in demographic phenomena on the part of urban scholars. This paper discusses ambiguous evidence about recent population decline in the large cities of Poland and the Czech Republic, with a particular focus on Šódz and Brno in general and their inner cities more specifically. By applying a mixed-method approach, the paper identifies indications of inner-city repopulation and socio-demographic diversification which are not yet apparent in register or census data. It is argued that there are indications of a silent transformation of traditional residential patterns and neighbourhoods in east central Europe. In the inner cities, this is reflected, amongst other things, by the presence of new households that may be called ‘transitory urbanites’.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098009360224

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