Shrinking Cities: Vacancy and Temporary Services

by Terry Schwarz

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Author(s)

Terry Schwarz

Publication, year

Heerlen : NEIMED publications, 2011

Scope

41 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.

ISBN

9789086662180

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In shrinking cities, there is a need to simultaneously respond to current conditions of vacancy and loss, while anticipating prospects for stabilization and future growth. Temporary uses enable cities to harvest the opportunities that are present in on-going cycles of growth and decline. Rather than commit to a rigid and formal course of action. The widespread deployment of temporary use initiatives can point the way towards a new form of urbanism — one that is flexible, community-responsive, and sustainable.

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Keywords

shrinking cities

Location

Cabinet 19 - 5: Urbanisme ; Krimpende steden