After deindustrialisation: Changing urban economy in the Danube valley region

The paper is aiming to discuss the role of deindustrialization in generating socio-economic dislocation at regional level. The change of industry along the way from the centrallyplanned to market oriented economy, while redefining the spatial patterns of growth and decline, has combined with emergen...

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Published inHuman geographies Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 99 - 113
Main Author Claudia, Popescu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bucharest Bucharest University 01.11.2016
University of Bucharest
Subjects
Agriculture
Danube Valley Region
Deindustrialization
Economic growth
Employment
Entrepreneurship
Industrial development
Manufacturing
regional specialization
Rural areas
Specialization
urban economy
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Summary:The paper is aiming to discuss the role of deindustrialization in generating socio-economic dislocation at regional level. The change of industry along the way from the centrallyplanned to market oriented economy, while redefining the spatial patterns of growth and decline, has combined with emergent forms of social and economic inequality. The specific aims of the paper are twofold. First, having the privilege of a two and a half-decade long perspective, the paper looks back at the period of deindustrialization, pinpointing the successive waves of employment decline in the wider context of the extensive process of economic restructuring. Second, using methods of spatial analysis, the paper examines the new distribution pattern of industrial change in the Danube region, specifying in empirical terms the relation with evolutionary trends and regional specialization. The findings pinpoint at the consequences of the far-reaching deindustrialization process on the regional economic base of the Danube towns.
ISSN:1843-6587
2067-2284
DOI:10.5719/hgeo.2016.102.1