deindustrialization

(noun)

The loss or deprivation of industrial capacity or strength.

Related Terms

  • Detroit
  • right-to-work states
  • blight
  • white flight

Examples of deindustrialization in the following topics:

  • Disinvestment and Deindustrialization

    • Deindustrialization is limited to recent historical moments.
    • How is it that economies find themselves in situations of deindustrialization?
    • Offshoring demonstrates the importance of scale when considering the process of deindustrialization.
    • When one limits one's view to a national context, deindustrialization is seen as a crisis.
    • The city of Detroit represents the deindustrialization crisis in the American context.
  • Deindustrialization

    • Deindustrialization occurs when a country or region loses industrial capacity due to relocation or increased efficiency.
    • Deindustrialization occurs when a country or region loses industrial capacity, especially heavy industry or manufacturing industry.
    • Deindustrialization is, in a sense, the opposite of industrialization, and, like industrialization, deindustrialization may have far-reaching economic and social consequences.
    • This map depicts the economic ramifications of deindustrialization in the Detroit area.
    • Analyze the impact of deindustrialization on both a global and regional scale, as well as the role technology plays in deindustrialization
  • Urban Decline

    • Features of urban decline include deindustrialization, depopulation, economic restructuring, abandoned buildings, high unemployment, fragmented families, political disenfranchisement, crime, and a desolate landscape.
    • Deindustrialization, or the process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity in a region that is known for its manufacturing industry, is one of the main recent causes for urban decline in the United States.
    • Deindustrialization is a main culprit in creating the economic conditions that contribute to urban decline by pushing jobs outside of the main urban area.
    • An example of deindustrialization and urban decline in the United States is Detroit.
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