Towns and Cities: Competing for survival

by Angus McIntosh

Book Overview

The last fifty years have seen dramatic changes in towns and cities. People have moved out of central urban areas, retailing has moved out of towns and jobs have also declined in city centres, particularly with the growth of business and science parks.
With the continuing decline of the manufacturing sector and the re-shaping of employment in the service sector, a new force will increasingly dominate urban development, the meritocratic elite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0419227407
• ISBN13: 9780419227403
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary