Deindustrialization and Regional Economic Transformation: The Experience of the United States (Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics)

Counterfactual growth: system and sectors -- Growth restructuring of metropolitan areas -- Overall trends and prospects -- Conclusion -- III Perspective Studies -- 8 Regional transformation and the service activities -- Growth in the services industries -- The importance of the cycle in international trade -- Regional impacts of macroeconomic policies -- Deliberate regional development policies -- Lessons from the case studies -- Conclusion -- 9 US regional transformation in the context of international economic competition -- Emerging perspectives on regional growth -- Forces of economic change -- Flexibility as an adjustment strategy -- Modes of community flexibility -- Logic of regional transformation -- Political economy of planning practice -- Conclusion -- 10 Deindustrialization and regional policy -- The evolution of regional issues in the United States -- The triumph of markets and the changing style of regional planning -- Efficiency and equity in the market system -- Entrepreneurship's new prominence -- Current programs and initiatives -- Conclusion -- Chapter appendices -- Chapter notes -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Index

• | Author: Lloyd Rodwin, Taylor & Francis Group
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Dec 13, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 330 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 113810230X
• | ISBN-13: 9781138102309