Bringing together essays from leading experts who analyze how the landscapes, images, social dynamics, and economies of the industrial city have changed through boom and bust, this volume covers a wide range of subjects, from car cities to steel towns, from visualization of industrial cities in...

Differences in the degree of fiscal decentralization observed between the U.S. and many countries in Europe cannot be explained within the standard theory of fiscal decentralization. By introducing preferences for solidarity equality in the provision of public goods and services across regions...

Die in diesem Band vorgelegten Beiträge sind unter dem Thema "Aktuelle Prozesse der Raumbewertung und Raunnutzung in Peripherräunen" anläßlich des Deutschen Geographentages 1979 in Göttingen entstanden. Ihre Publikation kann eher als Dokumentation gegenwärtiger Auseinandersetzung innerhalb...