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Phoenix cities : the fall and rise of great industrial cities / Anne Power, Jörg Plöger and Astrid Winkler. - Bristol : Policy Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xx, 412 pages) : color illustrations, color maps - CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy Ser. . - CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy Ser. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-399) and index.

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?

This book explores economic, social and environmental transformations in Europe and the USA to inform the regeneration of 'weak market cities'.


English.

ISBN: 9781847426857 1847426859 1282637355 9781282637351 1447302966 9781447302964 9786612637353 6612637358

Source: 22573/ctt8hhzkb JSTOR

LCCN: 2012406290

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB7C6154 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018426079 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urban renewal--Europe--Case studies.
City planning--Europe--Case studies.
Deindustrialization--Europe--Case studies.
Urban renewal.
Urban Renewal
Rénovation urbaine--Europe--Études de cas.
Désindustrialisation--Europe--Études de cas.
Rénovation urbaine.
urban renewal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--City Planning & Urban Development.
City planning
Deindustrialization
Urban renewal
Stadssociologie.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Case studies
Casestudies (vorm)

LC Class. No.: HT178.E85 / P56 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 307.3/416/094