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Overcoming the limitations to co-production in shrinking cities: insights from Latvia, France, and the Netherlands

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  • Anastasiya Matyushkina
  • Solène Le Borgne
  • Agnes Matoga

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Co-production often appears as a virtue in academic research and planning practice, particularly in shrinking cities, which struggle to develop effective policies and provide sufficient level of public services. In this paper, we argue that the urban shrinkage context imposes significant limitations to co-production practices, that we urge should not be neglected. Drawing on three contrasting projects in Riga (Latvia), Nevers (France), and Heerlen (the Netherlands), we explore existing limitations and consider possibilities to overcome them. The analyses show that the efficacy of co-production practices is impaired due to a reduced level of trust towards public authorities; selective outmigration; weakened social capital; and political prioritizing of private sector interests over civil society. To overcome these, we discuss the role of several tools, namely mediating actors, independent funding, civic empowerment, and the willingness of public authorities to regenerate power relations.

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  • Anastasiya Matyushkina & Solène Le Borgne & Agnes Matoga, 2024. "Overcoming the limitations to co-production in shrinking cities: insights from Latvia, France, and the Netherlands," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(4), pages 720-738, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:32:y:2024:i:4:p:720-738
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2023.2207600
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