In the context of the European COST Action ??Cities Regrowing Smaller?? (CIRES) a training school was held in Dortmund, Germany from November 14th to 18th in 2011. The training school ??Mapping Urban Shrinkage?? aimed to get young researchers and scholars from different European countries together to deal with questions of how to measure and illustrate shrinkage. The Report presents the outcomes of the training school.

Shrinking Cities in Europe - Problems of Data and Methodes
Manuel Wolff

COST Training School Dortmund - Report

A second training school was held in Dessau, Germany from September 17th till 21st in 2012. The training school ??Urban Shrinkage and Adaptation to Climate Change?? was the successor of the training school ??Mapping Urban Shrinkage??, which was held in Dortmund in 2011. Besides tying in with the topic of further opportunities and methods to create a map showing urban shrinkage in Europe the objectives calling for the training school were manifold. The training school offered a chance to find new ideas and methodologies in research and combination of two recent discourses in spatial planning ?? climate change and shrinking cities. This includes a (new) methodological approach by consolidation of ecological indicators and socio?demographic indicators, to find strategies to deal with climate change in shrinking cities, and to learn about regeneration strategies and focus on environmental issues. Furthermore the training school offered a platform for exchange between the participating Early Stage Researchers from different European countries on a wider range of topics, and enhanced the establishment of a European network of Early Stage Researchers in the field of Shrinking Cities.

COST Training School Dessau - Report

COST Action TU0803
Cities Regrowing Smaller
Domain : TUD
MoU : 276/08
Duration: 03/02/2009 - 22/09/2013

Action Chair:
Prof Thorsten Wiechmann

COST Science Officer:
Thierry Goger

COST Rapporteur:
Gabriele Grimm (BMVBS)

Network Manager:
Ingo Neumann

Webmaster:
Manuel Wolff