This policy brief showcases a solution to improve liveability for inhabitants and tourists through commercial policies in the city centre. The aim is to regenerate liveability thanks to a programme of maintaining or even creating commerce in the city centre. 

Dubeaux, Cunningham Sabot, & Mykhnenko. (2020). 3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Le Havre (FR) Policy Brief #3. Liveability. Zenodo.

In the Dutch context, liveability is seen to be closely related to neighbourhood-level population compositions. Concentrations of disadvantage are considered threats to liveability by policymakers. The brief therefore looks at policies aiming to mix socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the face of shrinkage.

Hochstenbach, Cody, Bontje, Marco, & Mykhnenko, Vlad. (2020). 3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Maastricht (NL) Policy Brief #2. Compact Connected City. Zenodo.

This policy brief refers to a so far partially successful solution for urban renewal in a city inhabited by almost 700 thousand people. Łódź is a former old industrial centre, which is located in the heart of Poland. The city is still coping with the results of deep economic restructuring and ongoing population loss. 

Pielesiak, Iwona, Ogrodowczyk, Agnieszka, Marcińczak, Szymon, & Mykhnenko, Vlad. (2020). 3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Łódź (PL) Policy Brief #3. Liveability. Zenodo.

This policy brief analyses the Municipal Master plan focused on the urban regeneration of one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the city of Porto. It is a comprehensive revitalization project for the eastern part of the city, historically more disadvantaged than the western area.

Sousa, Sílvia, Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto, & Mykhnenko, Vlad. (2020). 3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Porto (PT) Policy Brief #3. Liveability. Zenodo.

This policy brief showcases a successful initiative to improve urban liveability through the implementation of smart city technologies as a coherent measure to prevent and mitigate further demographic decline in Timișoara, a middle size city in western Romania.

Nadolu, Bogdan, Dincă, Melinda, Lucheş Daniel, Raceanu, Corina, & Mykhnenko, Vlad. (2020). 3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Timisoara (RO) Policy Brief #3. Liveability. Zenodo.

This policy brief investigates an inventory of state interventions that are judged to be most effective in creating a sustainable urban environment and maintaining a vibrant local community in Zonguldak – a small shrinking city in north-western Turkey.

Mykhnenko, Vlad, Özatağan, Güldem, & Eraydin, Ayda. (2021). 3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Zonguldak (TR) Policy Brief #3. Liveability. Zenodo.

This policy brief showcases a successful initiative to improve urban liveability in a shrinking city through repurposing its historical heritage. It shows how old industrial buildings could be used to accommodate new creative arts entrepreneurs and host high profile cultural events. 

Mykhnenko, Vlad, & Badyina, Anna. (2020). 3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Stoke-on-Trent (UK) Policy Brief #4. Liveability. Zenodo.