Special issue : The economic restructuring of older industrial areas
Appalachian Mountains ; Coal ; Cultural geography ; Economic restructuring ; Industrialization ; Mine ; Regional economy ; Social change ; United States ; Way of life ; West Virginia
The focus is on the role of the coal industry in transforming life and labour in this region. The history of the coal industry is characterised by a series of struggles for control. This industry and the state itself was transformed
into a peripheral economic and political appendage of the nation's industrial and financial centres. Industry altered life and labour, but farming persisted in a rural countryside.
Special issue : The economic restructuring of older industrial areas
Europe ; Industrial region ; Investment ; Regional policy ; Road ; Transport ; Transport network ; Transport policy ; United Kingdom
This paper outlines transport investment policies for older industrial regions with higher unemployment. It examines the motivation behind such policies and compares them with transport policies for other regions. The growth of political
and economic competition between problem industrial regions and other regions of disadvantage or growth potential is emphasised. Transport investments cannot promote sustained growth in disadvantaged regions if other favourable conditions are lacking.
Special issue : The economic restructuring of older industrial areas
Contrôle externe ; Développement industriel ; Economie locale ; Electronique ; Entreprise ; Industrie ; Investissement ; Productivité ; Royaume-Uni ; Scotland ; Technique de production ; Valeur ajoutée
Electronics ; Enterprise;Firm ; External control ; Industrial development ; Industry ; Investment ; Local economy ; Production technique ; Productivity ; Scotland ; United Kingdom ; Value added
Développement récent de l'industrie électronique en Ecosse et rôle joué par la propriété des moyens de production. On note une croissance notable de cette branche industrielle, qui ne s'étend pas à l'ensemble de l'économie locale. L'essentiel de la
Special issue : The economic restructuring of older industrial areas
Base économique ; Bien-être ; Désindustrialisation ; Economie régionale ; Emploi ; Etats-Unis ; Industrie ; Protection sociale ; Restructuration économique ; West Virginia
Deindustrialization ; Economic base ; Economic restructuring ; Employment ; Industry ; Regional economy ; United States ; Welfare ; Welfare;Well-being ; West Virginia