IntroductionMany scholars have discussed urban decline, and one of the emerging discourses has called for redefining the crisis as an opportunity to establish new urban governance models. This paper evaluates the outcomes of such innovative approaches to managing urban decline by identifying its major implementation challenges, effects and outcomes, and pointing out long-term development perspectives.Case descriptionThe focus was on Detroit, the ‘greatest failure’ among the troubled large cities in the US, whose municipal government, policy makers and elites have invested a great deal of effort to stem the city’s rapid decline.Discussion and evaluationOf particular interest was the period since 2013 when the city government declared bankruptcy. An innovative strategy based on stabilisation, recovery, and irreversible degrowth was then embraced. The research method to investigate the efficiency of its implementation is centered on analysis of the secondary literature, strategies and official documents designed by the local government and private foundations in Detroit, as well as of supporting news reports.ConclusionsIn conclusion, besides the importance of redefining approaches to urban policy-making in declining cities, the study illustrated the necessity of developing equally innovative alternative ways for their successful implementation.

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创新的后新自由主义政策是摆脱危机的出路吗？底特律城市衰落案例的另一种思考

引言许多学者讨论了城市衰落，其中一种新兴话语呼吁将危机重新定义为建立新城市治理模式的契机。本文通过确定其主要实施挑战、影响和成果，并指出长期发展前景，评估了这种管理城市衰退的创新方法的成果。案例描述重点是底特律，这是陷入困境的大城市中的“最大失败”在美国，市政府、政策制定者和精英们都投入了大量的精力来阻止城市的快速衰落。讨论和评估特别令人感兴趣的是自 2013 年市政府宣布破产以来的时期。随后采用了基于稳定、恢复和不可逆转的退化的创新战略。