Phoenix Cities: The Fall and Rise of Great Industrial Cities

by Anne Power, Astrid Winkler, Jörg Plöger

'Weak market cities' across European and America, or 'core cities' as they were in their heyday, went from being 'industrial giants' dominating their national, and eventually the global, economy, to being 'devastation zones'. In a single generation three quarters of all manufacturing jobs disappeared, leaving dislocated, impoverished communities, run down city centres and a massive population exodus.So how did Europeans react? And how different was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847426832
• ISBN13: 9781847426833
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.4"