This paper questions the widely applied parallelism of demographic and economic development in characterizing urban … recommendations for combating urban shrinkage. As the cases of several Ruhr cities (Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund) and East German … cities (Erfurt, Rostock and Magdeburg) prove, urban economic growth can also be achieved thanks to the substantial presence …

Weimar achieved urban recovery as a "consumer city" with sub-brandings like a population magnet with a high living … with urban regeneration programs have contributed to the recent demographic and economic growth. This study demonstrates …, when design-ing future development policy, that both urban growth approaches are interrelated: agglomeration generates …

rent. We use urban parcel-level land transfers during China's peak period of urbanization, match commercial parcels with … results have implications for the design of urban public revenue systems. …