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The main objective of the Action is to foster the interdisciplinary knowledge of Regeneration Strategies in Shrinking Cities across Europe.

At a strategic level, the network will:

  • provide a forum for the discussion of successful regeneration strategies in shrinking cities, establishing a frame of common action facing the multiple challenges around shrinking cities,
  • improve the knowledge basis for targeted policy actions by the EU or its Member States,
  • lay foundations for future corresponding EU research initiatives,
  • foster the questioning of traditional paradigms of urban development in view of the demographic and economic challenges in European cities.

At an operational level, the network will:

  • devise a conceptual framework (incl. a common terminology) to describe and analyze issues of shrinking cities,
  • survey and review the existing studies on regeneration strategies in shrinking cities in Europe and elsewhere,
  • assess the level and nature of selected approaches to regenerate shrinking cities,
  • provide on-site advice to end-users of the completed research in selected shrinking cities,
  • offer a 'best practice' database on regeneration strategies,
  • provide access for young researchers to a highly innovative debate.