Structural change in the Ruhr region: problems, potentials and developments

Adrian Götting

No 03/2014, IET Working Papers Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology

Abstract: Due to the decline of the heavy industries in the Ruhr region, the area has to reinvent itself. The orientation towards service industries proves to be a difficult task for the district and its population. This paper examines the challenges, problems and potentials of the Ruhr region against the backdrop of its economical history out of a sociological perspective. Thereby the economical situation and its outcome towards the population stand in the foreground of the paper.

Keywords: Ruhr region; structural change; regional development; information technologies; migration; demographic change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 O43 R52 R58 Y80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2014-04
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