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One Lessons from cities in a crowded continent
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Abstract
This chapter introduces the core idea that Europe is an old and crowded continent of dense, productive cities. They have survived the loss of major industries and adapted. Without these cities, Europe cannot survive. This handbook shows how former industrial cities are uncovering new breakthroughs to a different kind of future. Chapter One sets our framework for understanding Europe’s industrial cities in three phases: growth and decline; recovery and new crises; and an alternative “greener” future.
Abstract
This chapter introduces the core idea that Europe is an old and crowded continent of dense, productive cities. They have survived the loss of major industries and adapted. Without these cities, Europe cannot survive. This handbook shows how former industrial cities are uncovering new breakthroughs to a different kind of future. Chapter One sets our framework for understanding Europe’s industrial cities in three phases: growth and decline; recovery and new crises; and an alternative “greener” future.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of figures, tables and boxes viii
- Abbreviations and acronyms xi
- Acknowledgements xii
- Copyright material xiv
- Foreword xv
- Lessons from cities in a crowded continent 1
- Divided and united Europe 27
- Grit and vision 55
- Struggle and strive 93
- Threats and opportunities 135
- Over-scale and under-scale 177
- The power of social innovation 219
- Shoots of growth in older industrial cities in the US 257
- Finding new ways out of the woods 281
- Endnotes 307
- References 317
- Afterword 337
- La Fabrique de la Cité 338
- Index 339
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of figures, tables and boxes viii
- Abbreviations and acronyms xi
- Acknowledgements xii
- Copyright material xiv
- Foreword xv
- Lessons from cities in a crowded continent 1
- Divided and united Europe 27
- Grit and vision 55
- Struggle and strive 93
- Threats and opportunities 135
- Over-scale and under-scale 177
- The power of social innovation 219
- Shoots of growth in older industrial cities in the US 257
- Finding new ways out of the woods 281
- Endnotes 307
- References 317
- Afterword 337
- La Fabrique de la Cité 338
- Index 339