Shrinkage, Metropolization and Peripheralization in East Germany

Thilo Lang

European Planning Studies, 2012, vol. 20, issue 10, 1747-1754

Abstract: Since around 2000, there has been extensive research on questions regarding shrinkage and urban renewal in Germany after a task force report revealed approximately 1.4 million vacant flats in East Germany. Since then, most towns and cities have been labelled “shrinking cities” there. While from a planning perspective urban decline and also shrinking cities are widely studied phenomena throughout the industrialized world and a substantial literature exists on the phenomenon in Germany, the impact of political debates and normative considerations is under-researched. This paper highlights the role of political--normative ideas of metropolization and societal relations within this complex core--periphery process, elaborating on the concept of peripheralization and calling for further research.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.713336

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