Smart shrinkage and multi-locality – The appeal of hope, illustrated through Puolanka, a rural municipality in Finland

ABSTRACTOur contribution discusses two phenomena – shrinkage and multilocality – in relation to the big picture of urbanisation and to the prevailing regional policy discourse that is very growth oriented in nature. Empirical material from Puolanka is used to illustrate the key tensions of this cons...

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Published in:Urban, Planning and Transport Research
Main Authors: Kaisa Schmidt-Thomé, Johanna Lilius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21650020.2023.2165140