Industrial ruination, community, and place : landscapes and legacies of urban decline

Abandoned Factories, Shipyards, Warehouses, And Refineries Are Features Of Many Industrialized Cities Around The World. But Despite Their State Of Decline, These Derelict Sites Remain Vitally Connected With The Urban Landscapes That Surround Them. In This Enlightening New Book, Alice Mah Explores The Experiences Of Urban Decline And Post-industrial Change In Three Different Community Contexts: Niagara Falls, Canada/usa; Newcastle-upon-tyne, Uk; And Ivanovo, Russia. Employing A Unique Methodological Approach That Combines Ethnographic, Spatial, And Documentary Methods, Mah Draws On International Comparisons Of The Landscapes And Legacies Of Industrial Ruination Over The Past Forty Years. Through This, She Foregrounds The Complex Challenges Of Living With Prolonged Uncertainty And Deprivation Amidst Socioeconomic Change. This Rich Comparative Study Makes An Essential Contribution To Far-reaching Debates About The Decline Of Manufacturing, Regeneration, And Identity, And Will Have Important Implications For Urban Theory And Policy.--pub. Desc. 1. Introduction -- Pt. One: Case Studies -- 2. When The Smell Goes, The Jobs Go : Ambivalent Nostalgia And Traumatic Memory In Niagara Falls -- 3. Protracted Decline And Imminent Regeneration : Memory And Uncertainty In Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne -- 4. We Ruined Everything Around Us, But We Couldn't Change Ourselves : Enduring Soviet And Textile Identities In Ivanovo -- Pt. Two: Themes Of Industrial Ruination -- 5. Reading Landscapes Of Ruination, Deprivation, And Decline -- 6. Devastation, But Also Home -- 7. Imagining Change, Reinventing Place -- 8. Conclusion Alice Mah. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 Acknowledgments 10 1 Introduction 14 Part One: Case Studies 46 2 “When the Smell Goes, the Jobs Go”: Ambivalent Nostalgia and Traumatic Memory in Niagara Falls 48 3 Protracted Decline and Imminent Regeneration: Memory and Uncertainty in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne 80 4 “We Ruined Everything around Us, but We Couldn’t Change Ourselves”: Enduring Soviet and Textile Identities in Ivanovo 109 Part Two: Themes of Industrial Ruination 138 5 Reading Landscapes of Ruination, Deprivation, and Decline 140 6 Devastation, but also Home 164 7 Imagining Change, Reinventing Place 186 8 Conclusion 206 Notes 214 References 220 Index 236 A 236 B 236 C 236 D 238 E 238 F 239 G 239 H 240 I 240 J 241 K 241 L 241 M 242 N 242 O 243 P 243 R 244 S 245 T 245 U 246 V 246 W 246 Y 247 Z 247

Abandoned factories, shipyards, warehouses, and refineries are features of many industrialized cities around the world. But despite their state of decline, these derelict sites remain vitally connected with the urban landscapes that surround them. In this enlightening new book, Alice Mah explores the experiences of urban decline and post-industrial change in three different community contexts: Niagara Falls, Canada/USA; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; and Ivanovo, Russia.

Employing a unique methodological approach that combines ethnographic, spatial, and documentary methods, Mah draws on international comparisons of the landscapes and legacies of industrial ruination over the past forty years. Through this, she foregrounds the complex challenges of living with prolonged uncertainty and deprivation amidst socioeconomic change. This rich comparative study makes an essential contribution to far-reaching debates about the decline of manufacturing, regeneration, and identity, and will have important implications for urban theory and policy.