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Urban decline within the region: Understanding the intra-regional differentiation
in urban population development in the declining regions Saarland and
Southern-Limburg
Hoekveld, J.J.
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2014
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Hoekveld, J. J. (2014). Urban decline within the region: Understanding the intra-regional
differentiation in urban population development in the declining regions Saarland and
Southern-Limburg.
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Urban decline within the r
egion
Josje Hoekveld
Urban decline
within the region
Understanding the intra-regional differentiation in urban
population development in the declining regions Saarland
and Southern-Limburg
Josje Hoekveld
Urban decline, urban shrinkage and population decline are afew terms which describe the transformation processes currently going on in many cities and regions throughout the world. We are beginning to understand the driving forces of these urban transformation processes – such as structural economic changes and declining birth rates – yet it is still unclear why within the same
region some cities are declining stronger than others. In this dissertation, this issue of intra-regional differentiation is
addressed in two declining former mining regions.
Josje Hoekveld obtained her research master degree at Utrecht University. This dissertation is the result of a PhD study at the
Urban decline within the region
Understanding the intra-regional differentiation
in urban population development in the declining
regions Saarland and Southern-Limburg
Urban decline within the region
Understanding the intra-regional differentiation
in urban population development in the declining regions
Saarland and Southern-Limburg
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor
aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus
prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom
ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties
ingestelde commissie,
in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapel
op vrijdag 28 november, te 14:00 uur
door
Josje Jiska Hoekveld
geboren te Baarn
Promotiecommissie
Promotores:
Promotor Prof. Dr. S. Musterd Co-promotor Dr. M.A. Bontje
Overige leden: Prof. Dr. J.J. Latten Prof. Dr. D. Manting Prof. Dr. J.B.F. Nijman Dr. L.J. Paul Prof. Dr. G. Troeger-Weiss
Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
ISBN/EAN 9789461087720 Copyright © Josje Hoekveld
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photo print, Microfilm or any other means, without permission of the author (Josje_hoekveld@hotmail.com) Cover design & illustration: Esther Beekman (www.estherontwerpt.nl)
Table of contents
Acknowledgements 1
1 Introduction 3
1.1 Urban change 3
1.2 Theoretical framework 5
1.3 Questions and methodology 10
1.4 Cases 14
1.5 Reading guide 18
2 Understanding spatial differentiation in levels of urban decline 19
2.1 Introduction 19
2.2 Urban decline vs. urban shrinkage 20
2.3 Methodology 22
2.4 Urban decline in the US and Western Europe 23
2.5 Wider societal forces 25
2.6 The institutional context and the role of the welfare state regime 29
2.7 The spatial context and the role of regional specificities 31
2.8 Intra-regional differentiation: the differences between cities in the local
context 33
2.9 Conclusion 38
3 Time-space relations and the differences between shrinking regions 41
3.1 Introduction 41
3.2 Theoretical framework 42
3.3 Methodology 47
3.4 Inter-regional differentiation of shrinkage trajectories 52
3.5 Intra-regional differentiation 58
3.6 Conclusion 61
4 Intra-regional differentiation of population development in Southern-Limburg 63
4.1 Introduction 63
4.2 Theoretical framework 64
4.3 Methodology 67
4.4 Geo-spatial context 69
4.5 Sub-regional population development 71
4.6 Same sub-region, different outcome: local differentiation 74
5 Intra-regional differentiation of population development in Saarland 87
5.1 Introduction 87
5.2 Theoretical framework 88
5.3 Methodology 93
5.4 Saarland 97
5.5 Explaining the intra-regional differentiation 103
5.6 Conclusion 115
6 Conclusion and discussion 121
6.1 Summary of findings 121
6.2 Reflection on theories 130
6.3 Academic and societal contribution 133
6.4 Reflection on data and methods 135
6.5 Further research 137
References 139
Appendices 157
1. List interview partners 157
2. Topic lists interviews 158
Summary 165
