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Title Phoenix cities : the fall and rise of great industrial cities / Anne Power, Jörg Plöger and Astrid Winkler
Published Bristol : Policy Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 412 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Series CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy Ser
CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy Ser
Contents PHOENIX CITIES; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; List of acronyms; Acknowledgements; Copyright material; 1. Introduction: what are 'weak market cities'?; 2. Industrial giants: emerging on the back of history; 3. A change of direction: political turmoil and a ferment of new ideas; 4. Neighbourhood interventions: can small scale make a difference in big cities?; 5. Leipzig; 6. Bremen; 7. Sheffield; 8. Belfast; 9. Bilbao; 10. Torino; 11. Saint-Étienne; 12. Measuring the recovery of weak market cities; 13. How do US weak market cities compare with Europe?
Summary This book explores economic, social and environmental transformations in Europe and the USA to inform the regeneration of 'weak market cities'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-399) and index
Notes English
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Subject Urban renewal -- Europe -- Case studies
City planning -- Europe -- Case studies
Deindustrialization -- Europe -- Case studies
Urban renewal.
Urban Renewal
urban renewal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
City planning
Deindustrialization
Urban renewal
Stadssociologie.
Europe
Genre/Form Case studies
Casestudies (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Power, Anne
Plöger, Jörg
Winkler, Astrid
LC no. 2012406290
ISBN 9781847426857
1847426859
1282637355
9781282637351
1447302966
9781447302964
9786612637353
6612637358