Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy and Economic Restructuring in Comparative Perspective (Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development)

by John R. Logan

Book Overview

This book challenges the notion that there is a single, global process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit. The studies in this volume compare urban development in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, demonstrating that there is significant variety in urban economic restructuring. The contributors emphasize that the economic forces transforming cities from industrial concentrations to postindustrial service centers do not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877227330
• ISBN13: 9780877227335
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"