Michael P. Johnson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Justin B. Hollander is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Eliza W. Kinsey is Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. George R. Chichirau is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Northeastern University.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgments1. Planning, Technology, and Shrinking Cities2. What Can Data and Technology Do for Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities?3. Three Shrinking Cities: History, Practice, Data, and Technology4. Data and Modeling Preliminaries: An Application to Fall River, Massachusetts5. Shrinking City Data and Decision Modeling: Baltimore, Maryland6. Technology, Data, and Community-Building Where People Matter7. Lessons Learned: How Can Data, Models, and Technology Support Shrinking Cities and Distressed Communities?Works CitedAbout the AuthorsIndex

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