Deindustrialisation: Although Belfast’s industrial base had experienced decline since the 1930s, the indus-trial crisis reached its peak in the late 1970s/early 1980s with all the traditional industrial sectors affected (e.g. shipbuilding, engineering, linen-production). Due to the accelerated...

Among other areas such as housing and urban renewal, economic development was seen as a key factor in the recovery in Leipzig. The City Department of Economic Development and the Economic Initiative Mitteldeutschland, a lobby group representing large regional employers, designed a cluster...

Already in the early 1980s, city officials realised the challenge of structural change for Bremen. It was at this point that decisions were made to initiate a profound ‘change of direction’ in the economic focus of the city (Warsewa, 2006). In the past, Bremen’s economic fortunes had been...

This report draws together evidence fromseven major cities in European countriesthat are experiencing huge change andtransition from being industrial giants,through major decline in industrialmanufacturing, to recovery. The citieswe study all had a high proportion ofmanufacturing jobs until the...

Europe is a continent of cities with a remarkable history of cultural inspiration, wealth creation, social and politicaldynamism. But in the late-20th century, many former industrial cities entered a period of steep decline, losingmost of their manufacturing jobs and many of their economic...

Europe is a continent of cities with a remarkable history of cultural inspiration, wealth creation, social and politicaldynamism. But in the late-20th century, many former industrial cities entered a period of steep decline, losingmost of their manufacturing jobs and many of their economic...

Europe is a continent of cities with a remarkable history of cultural inspiration, wealth creation, social andpolitical dynamism. But in the late-20th century, many former industrial cities entered a period of steep decline,losing most of their manufacturing jobs and many of their economic...

Mit Transnationalität werden Verflechtungen adressiert, die sich im Zuge von Migrationsprozessen zwischen Orten herausbilden. In Abgrenzung zu Multilokalität sind diese Prozesse inhärent ländergrenzenübergreifend, also transnational. Anders als z. B. beim multilokalen Wohnen liegt der...