Dealing with deindustrialization : adaptive resilience in American Midwestern regions / Margaret Cowell.
The late 1970s and 1980s saw a process of mass factory closures in cities and regions across the Midwest of the United States. What happened next as leaders reacted to the news of each plant closure and to the broader deindustrialization trend that emerged during this time period is the main subject...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
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2014.
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| Series: | Routledge research in planning and urban design.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1 Deindustrialization and its discontents; 2 A glimmer of resilience; 3 Enter the economic developers; 4 Eight regions changing; 5 The 'Basic Betters': Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Buffalo; 6 'Bowing Out': Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, and Columbus; 7 Conclusion: the art of adaptive resilience; Index.