The future of the metropolis : Berlin, London, Paris, New York : economic aspects

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language. Preface Contents Introduction Part I. The Historical Perspective 1. Historical Dimensions of the Modern Metropolitan Problem 2. The New York Metropolis in Transformation: History and Prospect. A Study in Historical Particularity 3. Long-Term Trends and Problems of Metropolitan Paris 4. Railroads, Manufacturing and Services as Decisive Factors in Shaping the Metropolis, Berlin 1850-1920 5. National Capitals, World Cities and the New Division of Labour Part II. Changes in the Spatial Structure of Economic Activity During the Last Decades and the Metropolis: Facts and Explanatory Theories Chapter 1: General Trends 6. The Development of the European Urban System, 1971-1981 7. The Changing Spatial Structure of Economic Activity and Metropolitan Decline in the United Kingdom 8. Berlin and the Spatial Division of Labour within the FRG 9. Economic Transformation, Minorities, and Urban Demographic-Employment Mismatch in the U.S. and West Germany Chapter 2: Economic Development in Selected Metropolitan Areas 10. Restructuring and Locational Change in London's Electronics Industries 11. Does Paris Subsidize the Rest of France? 12. Decline of Industrial Employment in Berlin - Causes and Consequences Part III. Economic Policy and the Metropolis Chapter 1: Policies for Urban Economic Development in Advanced Industrial Countries 13. Overview: National Government Responses to Structural Changes in Urban Economies 14. Policies to Stimulate Urban Economic Activity in the United States - The Case of Detroit 15. The Growth of the Paris Region, Town Planning and the National Policy of Locational Control (1920-1984) 16. Economic Development Policy in London 17. Policies for Urban Economic Development in the Federal Republic of Germany 18. Evaluation of Recent Policy Innovations in Berlin (West) Chapter 2: Economic Transformation and Political Change in Metropolitan Areas 19. The Advanced Industrial Metropolis: A New Type of World City 20. Big City Politics - New Patterns and Orientations at the Local Level of the Welfare State Chapter 3: Development Options and Constraints for the Economic Future of Berlin (West) 21. Metropolitan Development to and Beyond 2000 - Some Hypotheses applied to the City of Berlin 22. Alternative Development Paths for the Economy of Berlin (West) - Reflections on Different Scenarios About the Contributors Editors, Hans-jürgen Ewers, John B. Goddard, And Horst Matzerath. Presents The Papers Of An International Conference ... Held At The Technical University Berlin In October 1984--pref. Includes Bibliographies.