Factors driving the regrowth of European cities and the role of local and contextual impacts: A contrasting analysis of regrowing and shrinking cities

This paper undertakes a comparison of two regrowing and shrinking European cities in order to identify the factors driving demographic regrowth economic recovery how why those are at work some that turned from population decline towards new growth while others did not. Our objectives systematically elaborate influencing urban regrowth, explain these interact mutually dependent discuss relate contextual conditions different scales. For our contrasting analysis, we selected Liverpool Leipzig, have seen after shrinkage Lódz Ostrava, continue shrink. As result this comparison, general local their interaction what learn for wider urbanisation debate.