Urbanism of shrinking society

Abstract

This paper explores the positive shrinking way of cities under depopulation. Firstly, it is revealed that the Japanese urban policy against depopulation is based on modern functionalism while European policy on deprived urban neighborhood with population decline is based on the criticism against modern zoning in spite of their common social roots. Introducing the concept of trajectory of space, it is proposed to identify the spatial form of common recognition among residents beyond generations and to develop the shrinking future giving priority to this shared spatial image rather than rational efficiency of social cost.