Title & Author:

Atlas of shrinking cities / edited by Philipp Oswalt & Tim Rieniets ; with the editorial assistance of Henning Schirmel [and others] ; graphic design, Grafik: 1 kilo = Atlas der schrumpfenden Städte / herausgegeben von Philipp Oswalt und Tim Rieniets ; unter redaktioneller Mitarbeit von Henning Schirmel [and others] ; graphic design, Grafik: 1 kilo.

Publication:

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz ; [Maidstone] : [Amalgamated Book Services [distributor], ©2006.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 39 cm

Notes:
"The 'Atlas of Shrinking Cities' was developed by the project office Philipp Oswalt within the scope of 'Shrinking Cities', a project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) in cooperation with the project office Philipp Oswalt, the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and the magazine 'archplus'."
"An initial version of the atlas was presented at the exhibition 'Shrinking Cities: International Research', KW-Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, September 4-November 7, 2004"--Preliminary page.
Includes bibliographical references.
History -- Cities today -- Urbanization -- Growing and shrinking population -- Growing and shrinking cities -- Shrinking cities (zoom) -- Dimensions of urban shrinkage -- Phases of urban shrinkage -- Preindustrial urban shrinkage -- Urbanization / Angelus Eisinger -- Urban Shrinkage / Tim Rieniets -- City portraits : Angkor, Bruges, Istanbul, Potosi, Riga, Thebes, Timbuktu -- Causes -- Destruction -- Wars and armed conflicts -- Natural disasters -- Earthquakes -- Death toll -- Environmental disasters -- Epidemics -- War / Martin Shaw -- Natural disasters / Dieter Schott -- Environmental pollution / Holger Lauinger -- Epidemics / Fred Krüger -- City portraits : Bam, Labado, Lusaka, Minamata, Mostar, New Orleans, Plymouth, Pripyat -- Loss -- Shrinking societies -- Unemployment / Heinz Fassmann -- Water scarcity / Frank Kürschner-Pelkmann -- Oil extraction and consumption / Philipp Oswalt -- Unemployment -- Water scarcity -- Energy consumption -- City portraits : Aralsk, Bad Gastein, Eisenerz, Kolmanskop, Marseille, Sewell, Vorkuta -- Shifting -- Mobility -- Suburbanization -- Push and pull -- Flight -- Offshoring -- Suburbanization / Markus Hesse -- Migration / Heinz Fassmann -- Offshoring / Klaus Müller -- City portraits : Aguaviva, Ar-Ram, Cleveland, Fengdu, Forno di Zoldo, Johannesburg, San Jose -- Change -- Political transformation -- Life expectancy -- Natural population growth -- Aging -- Demographic change -- Economic transformation -- Demographic change / Herwig Birg -- Economic transformation / Klaus Müller -- City portraits : Arraiolos, Glasgow, Irazusta, Lodz, Nakasato, Venice, Zlin -- Paths of development -- Country profiles -- Aged industrial countries -- Detroit (USA) -- Manchester/Liverpool (GB) -- Post-socialist countries -- Halle/Leipzig -- Ivanovo -- Aged industrial countries / Peter Hall -- Post-socialist countries / Elke Beyer, Isolde Brade -- City portraits : Detroit, MAchester/Liverpool, Halle/Leipzig, Ivanovo.
Text in English and German.

Summary:

"The Atlas of Shrinking Cities provides the first comprehensive and global overview of this critical urban development of our times: Which cities are shrinking? Where are these cities? What are the processes that underlie shrinkage? In its 160 pages the atlas presents 28 world maps, numerous statistics, and 16 lexical essays that document the global phenomenon of shrinking cities, the causes of which range from demographic developments and migration patterns to shortages of resources, ecocide, and changes in settlement types, 40 case studies of shrinking cities on all the continents illustrate the complex causes and concrete effects of global processes of transformation."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9783775717144
3775717145

Subject:

Urban-rural migration.
Cities and towns.
Social change.
Population geography.
Cities
Géographie de la population Atlas.
Changement social Atlas.
Villes Atlas.
Villes Croissance Atlas.
Développement économique Atlas.
Développement politique Atlas.
Exode urbain.
Villes.
Géographie de la population.
urban-rural migration.
cities.
population geography.
Steden.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.

Form/genre:

Atlases.

Added entries:

Oswalt, Philipp.
Rieniets, Tim.
Schirmel, Henning.
Grafik: 1 kilo (Firm)
Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Schrumpfende Städte.

Atlas der schrumpfenden Städte

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248231
Call No.: HT371 .S55 2006
Status: Available