Urban Shrinkage in China, the USA and the Czech Republic: A Comparative Multilevel Governance Perspective
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13510%2F21%3A43896343" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13510/21:43896343 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2427.13030" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2427.13030</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13030" target="_blank" >10.1111/1468-2427.13030</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Urban Shrinkage in China, the USA and the Czech Republic: A Comparative Multilevel Governance Perspective
Original language description
Although the phenomenon of shrinking cities is a global one, policy responses can vary considerably depending on context. This article examines the initiatives of government agencies in a variety of contexts and finds that cities adopt different strategies to manage the problems of shrinkage. Specifically, the article presents an international comparison of three shrinking cities: Fu Xin in China, New Bedford in the USA, and usti nad Labem in the Czech Republic. These three cases, which present three distinctive political frameworks (namely, centralism, localism and indirect centralism), have responded to the issue differently but experienced similarly insufficient policy outcomes. We observed that the political agenda-setting for shrinking cities involved more than simply choosing to ignore, deny or accept the problem, and focused instead on how the local governments opted to recognize their problems, assembled the political willpower and leadership to address them, and gave shape to the policy choices that created a specific narrative for their city. From a comparative perspective, we argue that cities cannot manage their shrinkage without support from other levels of government. In other words, a successful response to urban shrinkage requires multilevel governance to contextualize the locally-based phenomenon, de-contextualize the role of multilevel politics, and re-contextualize the set of policies and actions that can be utilized.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-11299S" target="_blank" >GA18-11299S: Paths development in traditional industries in old industrial regions in Czechia: governance, actors, institutions and leadership.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
ISSN
0309-1317
e-ISSN
1468-2427
Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
480-496
UT code for WoS article
000707246500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85117152077