Daily News | This urbanist author has a prescription for shrinking cities like Philly: Attract more immigrants and young people
found that the share of the city’s overall foreign-born population rose from 7% in 2000 to 15% in 2022., the Pew study showed the foreign-born share of the city’s population rose from 14% in 2018 to 15% in 2022. In an interview, Mallach advised against seeing recent shifts as indicative of a trend.about what his years of research and writing about shrinking cities worldwide suggest about ways for communities to survive — and thrive.
Experts have been watching and tracking this long enough to be able to say it’s not likely to turn around. The four [contributing factors] I write about — prosperity, urbanization, access to contraception, and above all, greater educational and other opportunities for women — seem to lead to a below-replacement birthrate. And short of some sort of massive coercion [by government], once that rate goes below replacement, it’s not very likely to go back up.
Population growth is equated with urban success. But you suggest that a shrinking population does not have to mean failure. For cities that have seen shrinking for 60 years, like Camden, N.J., decline has shaped not only how the city thinks of itself; it also shapes the thinking around what can be done. Cities need to figure out their own paths and consider how best to build their human capital and produce more food and other products locally. And instead of pumping money into propping up the status quo in shrinking cities, states should think about combining resources with others to help shift the paradigm.
I also write about ‘do-it-yourself’ urbanism. Philadelphia’s Mural Arts program is a great example of that. It’s homegrown, uses local talent, and [repurposes] vacant urban space.
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