"The industrial revolution made cities the focus of production, population, culture and society in Britain but the last three decades have been characterised by a loss of employment and population, a relocation of manufacturing and the adjustment of other economic structures. After a long period of continued growth the advent of decline led to questions being asked about the role of the city in a modern economy, including the need for cities to readjust to these processes of urban and regional change which have seen the economic benefits of a city location decline in favour of urban fringe and more rural locations. The development of urban policy over the past three decades has been a process of responding to the continually changing nature of a modern economy and to its spatial manifestations." D. Noon, J. & Smith-Canham & M. Eagland (2000) 'Economic Regeneration and Funding'
Friday 9 November 2007
A Post-Industrial Condition
"The industrial revolution made cities the focus of production, population, culture and society in Britain but the last three decades have been characterised by a loss of employment and population, a relocation of manufacturing and the adjustment of other economic structures. After a long period of continued growth the advent of decline led to questions being asked about the role of the city in a modern economy, including the need for cities to readjust to these processes of urban and regional change which have seen the economic benefits of a city location decline in favour of urban fringe and more rural locations. The development of urban policy over the past three decades has been a process of responding to the continually changing nature of a modern economy and to its spatial manifestations." D. Noon, J. & Smith-Canham & M. Eagland (2000) 'Economic Regeneration and Funding'
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with an "ever changing modern economy", who took the time out to talk to those left behind.
Is now, a time where some stability allows new foundations and we all start to move cohesively in the same direction.
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