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Levels of Social Disparity in a Shrinking Setting: A Case of Shrinking Cities of Khuzestan Province, Iran

Levels of Social Disparity in a Shrinking Setting: A Case of Shrinking Cities of Khuzestan Province, Iran
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Author(s): Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir (University of Tehran, Iran), Ahmad Pourahmad (University of Tehran, Iran), Hossein Hataminejad (University of Tehran, Iran)and Rahmatollah Farhoodi (University of Tehran, Iran)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on Urban Governance and Management in the Developing World
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Joshua Mugambwa (Makerere University, Uganda)and Mesharch W. Katusiimeh (Makerere University, Uganda)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch014

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Abstract

With increasing prevalence, severity, persistence, and geographical incidence, cities have faced shrinkage during the past half century. Urban planners have paid special attention to shrinking cities. The concept of urban shrinkage has turned into a fixed base of research for many urban studies. While urban planning debates of recent years have mainly focused on the economic and environmental dimensions of shrinking cities, social dimensions are usually neglected despite their importance. This chapter aims at the socio-spatial differences and the relationship between the negative rate of population growth and the level of social development in the shrinking cities of Khuzestan province as an oil-rich province in Iran. The results show that there are great differences among the shrinking cities in terms of social factors, and surprisingly, the cities that have experienced more shrinkage have more social development.

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