The Future of the Metropolis : : Berlin London Paris New York. Economic Aspects / / ed. by Hans-Jürgen Ewers, Horst Matzerath, John B. Goddard.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Business and Economics <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
©1986
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:Reprint 2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (484 p.) :; Num. tab.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Historical Perspective
  • 1. Historical Dimensions of the Modern Metropolitan Problem
  • 2. The New York Metropolis in Transformation: History and Prospect. A Study in Historical Particularity
  • 3. Long-Term Trends and Problems of Metropolitan Paris
  • 4. Railroads, Manufacturing and Services as Decisive Factors in Shaping the Metropolis, Berlin 1850-1920
  • 5. National Capitals, World Cities and the New Division of Labour
  • Part II. Changes in the Spatial Structure of Economic Activity During the Last Decades and the Metropolis: Facts and Explanatory Theories
  • Chapter 1: General Trends
  • 6. The Development of the European Urban System, 1971-1981
  • 7. The Changing Spatial Structure of Economic Activity and Metropolitan Decline in the United Kingdom
  • 8. Berlin and the Spatial Division of Labour within the FRG
  • 9. Economic Transformation, Minorities, and Urban Demographic-Employment Mismatch in the U.S. and West Germany
  • Chapter 2: Economic Development in Selected Metropolitan Areas
  • 10. Restructuring and Locational Change in London's Electronics Industries
  • 11. Does Paris Subsidize the Rest of France?
  • 12. Decline of Industrial Employment in Berlin - Causes and Consequences
  • Part III. Economic Policy and the Metropolis
  • Chapter 1: Policies for Urban Economic Development in Advanced Industrial Countries
  • 13. Overview: National Government Responses to Structural Changes in Urban Economies
  • 14. Policies to Stimulate Urban Economic Activity in the United States - The Case of Detroit
  • 15. The Growth of the Paris Region, Town Planning and the National Policy of Locational Control (1920-1984)
  • 16. Economic Development Policy in London
  • 17. Policies for Urban Economic Development in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 18. Evaluation of Recent Policy Innovations in Berlin (West)
  • Chapter 2: Economic Transformation and Political Change in Metropolitan Areas
  • 19. The Advanced Industrial Metropolis: A New Type of World City
  • 20. Big City Politics - New Patterns and Orientations at the Local Level of the Welfare State
  • Chapter 3: Development Options and Constraints for the Economic Future of Berlin (West)
  • 21. Metropolitan Development to and Beyond 2000 - Some Hypotheses applied to the City of Berlin
  • 22. Alternative Development Paths for the Economy of Berlin (West) - Reflections on Different Scenarios
  • About the Contributors