International Research and China’s Exploration of Urban Shrinking

作者：Jingxiang Zhang, Canfang Feng, Hao Chen · 发表于：Urban Planning International · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.22217/upi.2016.551 · 被引用次数：26 · 研究领域：Urbanization and City Planning、China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance、Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis

With the tremendous changes in the domestic and international environment, China's long-running model of Growth Supremacism is coming to an end.The following urban shrinkage has occurred and drawn close attention from the academia and government.In order to illustrate the similarities and differences of urban shrinkage between Chinese and western context, this paper not only analyzes the connotation, cause, mechanism and effect of urban shrinkage, but also illustrates the relationship between urban shrinkage and urban decline in a historical perspective.Then, based on the unique situation of China's national conditions and development environment, the paper divides China's urban shrinkage into three main types: trend-type, overdraft-type, adjustment-type, and discusses the phenomenon, mechanism and influence of them.Finally, the paper generalizes the logic of urban shrinkage in China and consequently puts forward some key strategies to cope with it.