01666nmm a22002537a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026022001400067040002800081110003600109245003400145260003500179300001700214500014500231501022000376520062800596653002101224653002801245653001901273653002101292653001301313653001201326856007401338ES-BaAUN20230929085215.0221102b ||| |o||j| 00| 0 eng d a2575-5374 aES-BaAUNbengcES-BaAUN2 aSPIN Uniteresearch institute. 11aShrinking Patterns in Estonia3 burbanNext,cJanuary 17, 2023.  a1407 words.  aContributors, Data, Densities, Formats, Middle Density, Politics and economics, SPIN Unit, Territory and mobility, Topics, Urban Paradigms.  aCities, Consumption, Data, Density, Depopulation, Economics, Estonia, Europe, Mapping, Population, Shrinking cities, Social dynamics, Sustainability, Tallinn, Transformation, Urban planning, Vacancy, Visualization.  aDepopulation has a tangible effect on the built environment of cities and regions across Europe. Once vacancy becomes socially unsustainable, a decision has to be taken whether to invest or leave the affected building stock. To invest in or divest from shrinking cities is the difficult question we’ve been asking local policy makers. Divesting because depopulation is the tangible outcome of no demand for inhabiting a city. Investing because the demand is low where the investment is low. With this text, we lay the foundation for expanding the debate and share a few learning points from the data-rich case of Estonia. aurban paradigms  aTerritory and mobility  aMiddle density aSocial dynamics 5 aEstonia 5 aEurope 40uhttps://urbannext.net/shrinking-patterns-in-estonia/ zAccess to info