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The rise of the rustbelt / edited by Philip Cooke.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industries--Great Lakes Region.
- Industries.
- Industries--Wales, South.
- Industries--Germany--Ruhr (Region).
- Steel industry and trade--Case studies.
- Steel industry and trade.
- Iron industry and trade--Case studies.
- Iron industry and trade.
- Unemployment--Case studies.
- Unemployment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : UCL Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-36570-9
- 1-280-60365-8
- 9786610603657
- 0-203-13454-0
- 9780203134542
- OCLC:
- 437250526
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