Towns and Cities: Competing for Survival Contributor(s): McIntosh, Angus (Author) |
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ISBN: 0419227407 ISBN-13: 9780419227403 Publisher: Taylor & Francis OUR PRICE: $90.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: The last fifty years have seen dramatic changes in towns and cities. People have moved out of central urban areas, retailing has moved out of towns and jobs have also declined in city centres, particularly with the growth of business and science parks. With the continuing decline of the manufacturing sector and the re-shaping of employment in the service sector, a new force will increasingly dominate urban development, the meritocratic elite. The meritocratic elite are those able to develop and use information technology to generate productivity and wealth. Where they wish to live will increasingly influence future urban development. Towns and Cities - Competing for survival suggests that as public and private corporations continue to downsize, outsource and re-engineer themselves, an increasing amount of expenditure and employment growth will lie with the leisure sector. Herein lies one of the solutions to the decline of towns and cities. Town planners and economists have continually |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
Dewey: 307.121 |
LCCN: 97202819 |
Lexile Measure: 1390 |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 8.38" W x 11" (0.98 lbs) 188 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
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Publisher Description: The last fifty years have seen dramatic changes in towns and cities. People have moved out of central urban areas, retailing has moved out of towns and jobs have also declined in city centres, particularly with the growth of business and science parks. |