13. Overview: National Government Responses to Structural Changes in Urban Economies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Historical Perspective
6. 1. Historical Dimensions of the Modern Metropolitan Problem 13
7. 2. The New York Metropolis in Transformation: History and Prospect. A Study in Historical Particularity 27
8. 3. Long-Term Trends and Problems of Metropolitan Paris 111
9. 4. Railroads, Manufacturing and Services as Decisive Factors in Shaping the Metropolis, Berlin 1850-1920 117
10. 5. National Capitals, World Cities and the New Division of Labour 135
11. Part II. Changes in the Spatial Structure of Economic Activity During the Last Decades and the Metropolis: Facts and Explanatory Theories
12. Chapter 1: General Trends
13. 6. The Development of the European Urban System, 1971-1981 149
14. 7. The Changing Spatial Structure of Economic Activity and Metropolitan Decline in the United Kingdom 171
15. 8. Berlin and the Spatial Division of Labour within the FRG 201
16. 9. Economic Transformation, Minorities, and Urban Demographic-Employment Mismatch in the U.S. and West Germany 221
17. Chapter 2: Economic Development in Selected Metropolitan Areas
18. 10. Restructuring and Locational Change in London's Electronics Industries 251
19. 11. Does Paris Subsidize the Rest of France? 285
20. 12. Decline of Industrial Employment in Berlin - Causes and Consequences 297
21. Part III. Economic Policy and the Metropolis
22. Chapter 1: Policies for Urban Economic Development in Advanced Industrial Countries
23. 13. Overview: National Government Responses to Structural Changes in Urban Economies 313
24. 14. Policies to Stimulate Urban Economic Activity in the United States - The Case of Detroit 327
25. 15. The Growth of the Paris Region, Town Planning and the National Policy of Locational Control (1920-1984) 337
26. 16. Economic Development Policy in London 349
27. 17. Policies for Urban Economic Development in the Federal Republic of Germany 371
28. 18. Evaluation of Recent Policy Innovations in Berlin (West) 381
29. Chapter 2: Economic Transformation and Political Change in Metropolitan Areas
30. 19. The Advanced Industrial Metropolis: A New Type of World City 391
31. 20. Big City Politics - New Patterns and Orientations at the Local Level of the Welfare State 437
32. Chapter 3: Development Options and Constraints for the Economic Future of Berlin (West)
33. 21. Metropolitan Development to and Beyond 2000 - Some Hypotheses applied to the City of Berlin 463
34. 22. Alternative Development Paths for the Economy of Berlin (West) - Reflections on Different Scenarios 471
35. About the Contributors 479