Population Loss

In this post on The Infrastructurist, Peter Kageyama looks at a recent listing of 10 "dying" cities, and how the metrics used to rate these places can be and have been misinterpreted.

June 14, 2011 - Infrastructurist

Rural areas in Germany are seeing major declines in population. Some worry that these declining villages and towns are being left by the wayside as the nation heads towards urban centers.

May 15, 2011 - Der Spiegel

This interactive visualization presents population data and projections for the world's 590 most populated, showing how their populations compare to one another over time.

April 25, 2011 - Visualizing

A city in decline for decades, Cleveland is showing signs of recovery, according to this article from Smithsonian.

April 14, 2011 - Smithsonian

Over the past ten years, the city of New Orleans has lost nearly a third of its population, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

February 4, 2011 - USA Today

Populations have declined in the majority of rural areas in the U.S., according to recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.

December 19, 2010 - Los Angeles Times

Detroit is a city of borders: international borders, borders between cities and not-cities, and borders between the success of the past and the uncertain future, writes Jerry Herron in this essay for Places.

July 14, 2010 - Places

Census estimates show that St. Petersburg, Florida, lost population between 2008 and 2009 -- a decline that's expected to continue.

June 25, 2010 - St. Petersburg Times

As it prepares to host world leaders for the G-20 summit, Pittsburgh is hoping to show to the world that it's no longer a dying city.

September 24, 2009 - Los Angeles Times