FUNDING This paper presents results of the project PlanShrinking:‘Planning Cultures in the USA and in Germany in Comparison-the Example of Shrinking Cities’, which is funded under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme People Program. Grant Number:PIRG07-GA-2010-268296*欧洲联盟第七期框架计划人才计划资助项目收缩规划--“美国和德国规划文化比较研究--以收缩城市为例”,授权编号PIRG07-GA-2010-268296。