Zusammenfassung
Summary
This paper gives an overview of similarities and differences in Eastern Germany and Valga (Estonia) concerning population development, awareness of the shrinking problem on the national level and the measures of urban redevelopment on the operating level. While the population development and the basic strategies of redevelopment are similar in Eastern Germany and Valga, the measures on the national level are different. The discrepancy of measures of urban redevelopment is influenced by different levels of real estate prices and financial support of the public sector.