Manufacturing in the new urban economy / / Willem van Winden. [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Disciplina: 338
• Soggetto topico: Manufacturing industries; Urban economics; Urban policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WindenWillem van
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Cities and manufacturing: Setting the scene; 2 Manufacturing and urban development: A frame of analysis; 3 Dortmund: metal-electro sector; 4 Eindhoven: automotive industry; 5 Munich: automotive industry; 6 Ostrava: automotive industry; 7 Paris: automotive industry; 8 Porto: metal-electro sector; 9 Rotterdam: food industry; 10 São Paulo: automotive industry; 11 Shanghai: automotive industry; 12 Turku: shipbuilding industry; 13 Synthesis and conclusions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In large cities in developed countries, the share of manufacotruing has declined drastically in the last decades and the share of service has grown as many manufacturing firms have closed or moved to lower-cost locations. The process of deindustrialization is often seen as part of the inevitable shift towards a knowledge based economy and urban economies come to rely on research and development, financial services, tourism and the creative industries. This book looks at the changing link between manufacturing and knowledge-based activities in urban regions. The authors develop a new
• Titolo autorizzato: Manufacturing in the new urban economy
• ISBN: 1-136-94336-6; 1-282-91321-2; 9786612913211; 0-203-84773-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459111403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Regions and cities ; ; 42.