Betterment without Airs
Social, Cultural, and Political Consequences of De-industrialization in the Ruhr
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9969724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Goch (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | S10 |
| Pages | 87-111 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8590 • E-ISSN: 1469-512X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020859002000792 |
| OpenAlex | W2043902776 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 1 |
At one time, the region of the Ruhr was one of the most important areas for coal, iron, and steel production in Europe. This is no longer the case. The once abundant production of coal and steel found in this region is steadily dwindling, and what remains of the industry can fairly be considered antiquated. On the whole, the region has already undergone economic structural change, although some problems connected with it still need to be resolved. A few abandoned industrial areas need to be redeveloped and not all economic structures in the region are trend-setting; there are deficits in the infrastructure, such as in the transportation system; and the level of unemployment is clearly above the average of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and of the Land North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). In light of the degree to which industrial jobs have been lost, the region has survived structural change better than other old industrial regions, albeit with an obvious variation in the rate of success within the region
Coal · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Industrial production · Industrial region · Industrialisation · Market economy · Natural resource economics · Political science · Politics · Production (economics · Regional science · Unemployment · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Rural development and sustainability · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |