1st Edition

Urban Decline (Routledge Revivals)

By David Clark Copyright 1989
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

In the twentieth century, urban growth was one of the most powerful catalysts of geographical, social and demographic change in the Western world. When this book was first published in 1989, however, a massive process of counter-urbanization was underway, which saw the loss of population and jobs in cities and a pronounced urban to rural shift. This book analyses the causes and consequences of... Read more

List of tables;  List of figures;  Preface;  1. Urban depopulation  2. Urban economic decline  3. The reorganization of urban government  4. Reducing the powers of the cities  5. Planning for urban decline;  References;  Index

Biography

David Clark