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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449848603321

Titolo

The rise of the rustbelt [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Philip Cooke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : UCL Press, 1995

ISBN

1-135-36570-9

1-280-60365-8

9786610603657

0-203-13454-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CookePhilip (Philip N.)

Disciplina

307.12

Soggetti

Industries - Great Lakes Region

Industries - Wales, South

Industries - Germany - Ruhr (Region)

Steel industry and trade

Iron industry and trade

Unemployment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preliminaries""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Promoting innovation through technology networks""; ""3 New wave regional and urban revitalization strategies in Wales""; ""4 From front-runner to also-ran""; ""5 The restructuring of the steel industries in Germany""; ""6 Disintegration and reintegration of production clusters""; ""7 Groping towards reflexivity""; ""8 Industrial restructuring and further training""; ""9 Training policy and practice in Wales and North-Rhine�""; ""10 The industrial transformation of the Great Lakes Region""

""11 The dash for gas � consequences and opportunities""""12 Restructuring policies""; ""13 Keeping to the high road""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The Rise of the Rustbelt demonstrates the value of interchange and comparison of ideas and policies for industrial regeneration between



three major regions: the Great Lakes of North America, the Ruhrgebiet of North-Rhine-Westphalia, and the industrial belt of South Wales. The top priority of these areas is to conserve and retain their status as industrial powerhouses by attracting investment to compensate for their dramatic structural decline over the past twenty years and more. They have much to learn from one another. Encompassing environmental and sociocultural issues, as well as those of i