| Edition |
2nd. ed.
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| Publication |
London, Collins Educational, 1993.
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| Description |
192pPink Spine
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| Series |
Landmark geography
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| Summary/Abstract |
Accounts the recent developments like: the changing geography of the automobile industry; Silicon Glen; the globalisation of manufacturing; regional policy in the UK, Italy and the EU; small manufacturing enterprises and the urban-rural shift; regenerating urban and industrial areas; industrial pollution and ill health; and Consett since 1990. 2nd ed.
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| Contents |
Manufacturing industry
Patterns, processes and change
Materials, energy and transport
Market
Labour and capital
External economies and government
Decision-making
The organisation of firms
Regional disparities and industrial change
Manufacturing in the peripheral regions
Urban industrial change
The physical and social environment
Manufacturing and land-use conflict
Appendices
References
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
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| Standard Number |
0003266494 Pb.
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