Rethinking Parks In a Shrinking Setting: The Marrying of Social Restoration and Nitrate Remediation for a New Urban Park Model in Parkstad Limburg

The project is situated in Parkstad, South Limburg, an administrative region consisting of 7 municipalities, formerly known as the East Mining Region. Deindustrialisation completely transformed the region, making it the first shrinking area of the Netherlands. Shrinkage commonly refers to a shrinking economy, shrinking population and increased...