Urban Shrinkage, Industrial Renewal and Automotive Plants

• Main Authors: Luescher, Andreas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Shetty, Sujata (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Cultural geography.; Economic geography.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Cultural Geography.; Economic Geography.

This book focuses on the relationship between the auto industry and the built environment at multiple scales, a topic of particular interest now as the industry is going through a period of major transformation. Drawing from multiple perspectives, including architecture, urban design and urban plann...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Automotive Production and its Relationship with the Built Environment
• 2. The Packard Plant a Failed American Model of Transformation
• 3: Strategies to Address Decommissioned Automotive Plants
• 4: Examining Transitions in Four Case Studies
• 5: The Future of Automotive Plants. .