
Comeback Cities
Transformation Strategies for Former Industrial Cities
NAI Publishers
Published in July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-90-5662-707-2 (ISBN)
Description
For centuries, certain cities in Europe were dominated by the textile industry--until the industry relocated to lower-wage countries, leaving these formerly prosperous cities languishing, their abandoned factories sitting unpurposed and untenanted. Comeback Cities presents the results of a unique study of the period following the demise of the textile industry across cities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, England, Finland, France, Italy and Poland. The research focuses on the solutions these cities have conceived to recover from today's outsource economy. In a variety of case studies, Comeback Cities stimulates discussion on urban revitalization and international cooperation. Alongside this research, the book surveys the worldwide debate on this topic, and is richly illustrated with photographs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Publishing group
Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
769 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5662-707-2 (9789056627072)
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