The Future of the Metropolis - Berlin, London, Paris, New York

Frontmatter -- 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

Professor Dr. Horst Matzerath, geboren 1937, Studium der Geschichte, Germanistik und Politischen Wissenschaften. Bis 2002 Direktor des NS-Dokumentationszentrums der Stadt Köln im EL-DE-Haus. Kulturpreis der Stadt Köln 2002, Vorstandsmitglied der Kölnischen Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit e. V.