Industrial Change and Regional Economic Transformation
Subtitle: the Experience of Western Europe
By: Lloyd Rodwin
Contributors: Sazanami, Hidehiko
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics -- Volume 20
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781315103112; 9781351594110
Subjects: Industries; Case studies; Economic conditions; Regional disparities; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; General; Economic history
Notes: "Originally published in 1991. This book deals with industrial and regional changes in Western Europe and the effectiveness of policies designed to cope with them. It examines the regional experiences, including successes as well as problems, to illuminate the trends and policies; raises questions about the issues; and reports on the effects and further implications for not just Europe but Japan and many newly industrializing countries. Analysing the evolution and effectiveness of local, regional, national and European policies, this is of interest for industrial and development specialises as well as economists, planners, geographers and policy makers."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; I Overview; 1 European industrial change and regional economic transformation: an overview of recent experience; Decentralization, deindustrialization and regional economic change; The country studies: synopsis; The perspective studies; Concluding observations and inferences; II Case Studies; 2 Structural transformation in the regions of the United Kingdom; The anatomy of regional change; The role of high-technology manufacturing.; title: The role of producer servicesProducer services: two case studies; Toward explanation; Regional case studies; Postscript: the economic revival of the 1980s; Conclusion: the search for policy; 3 Deindustrialization and regional development in the Federal Republic of Germany; Introduction; National trends in structural change; Spatial differences in the shift to services; Some key factors explaining regional differences in deindustrialization in the Federal Republic; Regional policy responses to deindustrialization; 4 Spatial impacts of deindustrialization in France; Introduction.; title: Deindustrialization in FranceRegional deindustrialization patterns; A tale of three regions; The case of the automobile industry; Conclusion; 5 Regional deindustrialization and revitalization processes in Italy; The deindustrialization condition; Regional performance in Italy, 1970-84; The deindustrialization and revitalization process; Some case studies of revitalization strategies; Conclusions; 6 Structural changes in the Spanish economy: their regional effects; Recent developments and changes in the Spanish economy: an overview; The regional impact of the industrial crisis.; title: Reconstruction of the industrial structure and areas of attractionThe contrast between two macro-regions; Some final remarks; 7 Regional perspectives on the deindustrialization of Sweden; The issue of regional deindustrialization; Structural change in the Swedish economy; Twenty years of regional change in Sweden; Changing policy perspectives in Sweden; III Perspective Studies; 8 Problems of regional transformation and deindustrialization in the European Community; Some definitional issues; Measuring deindustrialization; Measures of regional deindustrialization in the European Community.; title: Regional transformation as a source of adjustment problemsSome concluding remarks; 9 1957 to 1992: moving toward a Europe of regions and regional policy; Introduction; Major features of the European Community budget; Community regional policy: the first moves; The political and statutory framework of industrial restructuring; Community programmes for regional restructuring; The 1988 reform; The regional impact of economic and monetary union; 10 Europe's regional-urban futures: conclusions, inferences and surmises; Anticipated effects of 1992; Some specific spatial effects.