Das Ruhrgebiet als Reiseziel? Noch vor nicht allzu langer Zeit wurde das Ruhrgebiet sicher eher als Region mit hohem Potential dafür angesehen, die dort lebende Bevölkerung zur Reise an "schönere", "erholsamere" oder "interessantere" Orte zu veranlassen. Wie die vorliegende Untersuchung...

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the current situation of brownfield management in China for World Bank staff and relevant government officials in order to help raise awareness of land contamination and help develop remediation activities. After the introductory section,...

"Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban areas, and single-industry towns to the shock...

This book presents an evaluation of the impacts of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis on regional economies and subsequent reconstruction, as well as regional revitalization by the spatial economic model and dynamic macro and regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The cases...