| Title |
Drivers, consequences, and governance of urban shrinkage in Lithuania. The case of Šiauliai / |
| Authors |
Pociūtė - Sereikienė, Gintarė ; Burneika, Donatas |
| ISBN |
9780367415235 |
| eISBN |
9780367815011 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Postsocialist Shrinking Cities.. Londonas : Routledge, 2022. p. 312-331.. ISBN 9780367415235. eISBN 9780367815011 |
| Keywords [eng] |
urban shrinkage ; urban decline ; shrinking cities ; post-socialist ; Lithuania |
| Abstract [eng] |
After Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries joined the European Union, the issue of urban shrinkage assumed a new research approach, with most discussions focusing on deindustrialization and population decline in postsocialist countries. Scholars have identified that shrinking cities form a large share of Europe’s large cities, however, they stressed that CEE is the current locality of emigration and declining birth rates. Lithuania represents one such CEE country that has experienced drastic depopulation. Depopulation is a significant challenge for non-metropolitan cities, their residents, and decisionmakers. This chapter introduces urban shrinkage in Lithuania with a case study of Šiauliai, the fourth largest city and a regional center of Lithuania. This chapter is based on the same logic (drivers, consequences and governance) presented in the ‘heuristic model of urban shrinkage’ (Haase et al. 2014). The drivers of shrinkage in Šiauliai fall into three main groups: political, economic and demographic. National and local governments are looking for ways to deal with shrinkage, but, so far, efforts have not been very successfully. This chapter comprises of quantitative and qualitative analyses, including statistics on the drivers and consequences of shrinkage, as well as recent information collected via semi-structured interviews with local authorities. |
| Published |
Londonas : Routledge, 2022 |
| Type |
Book part |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2022 |
