Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches

Dembski, Sebastian; Sykes, Olivier; Couch, Chris; Desjardins, Xavier; Evers, David C.; Osterhage, Frank; Siedentop, Stefan; Zimmermann, Karsten

doi:10.1016/j.progress.2019.100462

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“…The model originally defines re-urbanization as a concentration of population in the central area of the city, with a general population decline in the entire agglomeration due to depopulation of the suburbs, partly moving of the center [9]. However, according to the contemporary research into the demographic change in European cities over recent decades, re-urbanization defined in this way has not occurred in any significant number of cities [10][11][12]. Although the population of central areas is actually increasing as part of a long-term process caused by an increasing attractiveness of housing [13][14][15], the population of the suburbs is not declining, so the migration that is taking place is not the return to the center, as Klaassen had expected.…”

Section: Research Perspectives On Culture-led Regeneration Within Thementioning

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“…Despite the disapproving voices that the model received [16][17][18], including the impossibility of confirming the occurrence of re-urbanization defined in its model, it must be acknowledged that the Klaassen's concept has become a great scientific challenge for subsequent researchers seeking to verify the hypotheses. The analytical strength of this model is its urban-and-regional perspective and thereby the inclusion of suburban areas [10]. Importantly, from the perspective of the following research, the model has generated strong interest among researchers in the central areas of cities.…”

Section: Research Perspectives On Culture-led Regeneration Within Thementioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Perception and Urbanscape Identity of Flagship Cultural Developments in Szczecin (in the Re-Urbanization Context)

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Rzeszotarska-Pałka

2021

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A growing number of urban interventions, such as culture-led regeneration strategies, has emerged alongside growing awareness of the concept of re-urbanization. These interventions evolve to create a holistic urban vision, with aims to promote social cohesion and strengthen local identity as opposed to traditional goals of measuring the economic impact of new cultural developments. Szczecin’s, Poland urban strategy is focused on the expansion of culture—a condition for improving the quality of life and increasing the city’s attractiveness. This article assesses the potential for re-urbanization of Szczecin’s flagship cultural developments. Questionnaire surveys and qualitative research methods were used to assess the characteristics that distinguish cultural projects in the formal, location-related, functional, and symbolic layers, as well as examining their social perception. The results show that the strength of these indicators of urbanscape identity affects how the cultural developments are assessed by the society. Semiotic coherence and functional complexity of the structures have a significant impact on the sense of identification, while their monumentality and exposure contribute to the assessment of the impact on their surroundings. A development with a firm identity, embedded in the city’s tradition not only preserves the cultural heritage of the city but also makes inhabitants feel association with the new project.

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Section: Research Perspectives On Culture-led Regeneration Within Thementioning

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Section: Research Perspectives On Culture-led Regeneration Within Thementioning

confidence: 99%

Social Perception and Urbanscape Identity of Flagship Cultural Developments in Szczecin (in the Re-Urbanization Context)

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Rzeszotarska-Pałka

2021

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“…Still, the process of urban shrinkage can be generally looked at in relation to different phases of urban development. Dembski et al (2019) refer to the Spatial Cycle Model by Van den Berg et al (1982), noting that cities can be described as going through different stages in urban development, which are defined by centralisation and decentralisation of population in the context of functional urban regions.…”

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Hollowing out and revitalising a post-socialist city centre: Vacant commercial premises in Zagreb

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Kliček²,

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Geogr. Pol.

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The problem of vacant commercial premises has been present in some central areas of transitional cities of Central and Eastern Europe, which have decayed in parallel to spatially uneven urban development processes and/or suburban expansion. This research aims to contribute to systematic analysis of the reasons for abandonment of commercial premises in the centre of Zagreb and exploration of revitalisation strategies, with an emphasis on the significance of citizen participation for successful planning and management of the city. The research was undertaken in two phases in May, 2016. The first included mapping of vacant commercial premises on selected streets in Zagreb’s centre. Next, using a non-probabilistic sample, a questionnaire survey was carried out face-to-face and online (N = 200). The results of the questionnaire survey showed the respondents’ awareness of the complex set of reasons underlying the occurrence and expansion of this phenomenon in the city centre and the need for urban regeneration, including a stronger regulatory framework at the city level.

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“…However, the spatial patterns of demographic change and population shrinkage as well as of foreign migration to Germany are far from being clear-cut and stable (see Figure 1). In recent years, Germany-like the United States and other Western European countries-has experienced a period of significant reurbanisation (Dembski et al, 2019;Glaeser & Gottlieb, 2006), involving the movement of particularly highly educated young adults to large cities (Siedentop, Zakrzewski, & Stroms, 2018) and a drastically declining and ageing population in many small cities and rural areas, especially in eastern Germany (Gans & Schlömer, 2014a;Sander, 2014). Given that foreign migrants have been strongly concentrated in large western German cities in the past (Gans & Schlömer, 2014b) and that international immigration has significantly contributed to the population growth of the largest cities (Gans, 2000(Gans, , 2018, one could assume that the increasing net immigration rates since the mid-2000s have reinforced the above-mentioned patterns of spatial divergence (Bucher, Martina, & Schlömer, 2002).…”

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Where do immigrants move in Germany? The role of international migration in regional disparities in population development

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Stroms

Koch

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Population Space and Place

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We examine the impact of foreign migration on regional disparities in population development in Germany by analysing spatial patterns and determinants at the county level for the period of 2007-2017. Counterfactual analyses show that international migration has been the major component of population growth across German regions. However, immigration has mainly been directed towards large cities and highly urbanised areas and has therefore reinforced the existing spatial disparities in population development. Spatial econometric models nonetheless reveal that international migrants are not attracted by agglomeration per se. The location choices of international migrants were mainly driven by existing regional ethnic networks and factors that are related to different personal life stages, such as education or changes in family status. Furthermore, the estimated regional determinants vary strongly across migrant groups from different geographical backgrounds as well as between the external and internal migration of foreigners.

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Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches

Cited by 50 publications

References 94 publications

Social Perception and Urbanscape Identity of Flagship Cultural Developments in Szczecin (in the Re-Urbanization Context)

Social Perception and Urbanscape Identity of Flagship Cultural Developments in Szczecin (in the Re-Urbanization Context)

Hollowing out and revitalising a post-socialist city centre: Vacant commercial premises in Zagreb

Where do immigrants move in Germany? The role of international migration in regional disparities in population development

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