1st Edition
Manufacturing in the New Urban Economy
400 Pages
122 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
398 Pages
122 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
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In large cities in developed countries, the share of manufacturing 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,... Read more
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. Sao Paulo: Automotive Industry 11. Shanghai: Automotive Industry 12. Turku: Shipbuilding Industry 13. Synthesis: Conclusions and Recommendations
Biography
Dr. Willem van Winden works as a professor in the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He is an expert in the field of urban and regional development and strategies.
