Managing Population Decline in Europe's Urban and Rural Areas

• Main Authors: Hospers, Gert-Jan (Author), Reverda, Nol (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Demography.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Human Geography.

This book explores the challenges population decline presents for Europe’s urban and rural areas. It features recent demographic data and trends not only for Europe as a whole, but also for selected countries, and compares growth and shrinkage from a historical as well as a theoretical perspective....

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Population Decline
• Chapter 2: Demographic Changes
• Chapter 3: Growth and Decline
• Chapter 4: The Geography of Population Decline
• Chapter 5: Policy Reactions on Population Decline
• Chapter 6: Population Decline and Society
• Chapter 7: Population Decline and Quality
• Chapter 8: Creative with Population Decline
• Chapter 9: Managing Population Decline well.