1st Edition
The Rise Of The Rustbelt Revitalizing Older Industrial Regions
Edited By Philip Cooke
Copyright 1995
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1 Introduction 2 Promoting innovation through technology networks in North[1]Rhine–Westphalia 3 New wave regional and urban revitalization strategies in Wales 4 From front-runner to also-ran – the transformation of a once[1]dominant industrial region: Pennsylvania, USA 5 The restructuring of the steel industries in Germany and Great Britain 6 Disintegration and reintegration of production clusters in the Ruhr area 7 Groping towards reflexivity: responding to industrial change in Ontario 8 Industrial restructuring and further training in North[1]Rhine–Westphalia 9 Training policy and practice in Wales and North-Rhine–Westphalia 10 The industrial transformation of the Great Lakes Region 11 The dash for gas – consequences and opportunities 12 Restructuring policies: the Emscher Park International Building Exhibition 13 Keeping to the high road: learning, reflexivity and associative governance in regional economic development
Biography
Philip Cooke, University of Wales, Cardiff.
