The UK government's pit closure programme dramatically highlights the steady decline of heavy industry, especially coal and steel, during the post-war period, in many industrial regions of Europe. Whilst the political controversy over pit closures may have died down in the UK, the problem remains for planners and policy makers of regenerating areas which previously had high levels of employment and strong communities. German business has responded to the situation in the Ruhr with diversification of products and a massive investment programme. Enlightened environmental policies, pre-dating World War II, ensure that slagheaps and colliery wasteland are systematically reclaimed. A commitment to higher education is reflected in the steady proliferation of universities throughout North-Rhine Westfalia. The purpose of this volume is to contrast the nature and effectiveness of regenerative policies implemented in the different coalmining regions of the UK and those in the Ruhr area of Germany, as a means of generating enlightened policy recommendations, both in the UK where the demand is most pressing, but subsequently in Germany itself, where further industrial contraction is inevitable. Experts from industry and academia have been brought together to evaluate policies for the social, cultural, economic and environmental regeneration of mining areas. This volume will be essential for researchers in social and urban policy, as well as policy makers and planners.
| ISBN | 1855672057 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9781855672055
(What's this?) | | Pages | 224 | | Publisher | Cengage Learning EMEA | | Co_publisher | The Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society | | Imprint | Cengage Learning EMEA | | Weight (grammes) | 300 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | London | | Publication date | 31 Aug 1995 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Library of Congress | HD9551.6.R | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 724.094 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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Part I The context: Coal policy in Britain - economic reality or political vendetta? Dr David Waddington and David Parry; coal policy in Germany - how durable is the model of consensus, Dr Klaus Schubert and Martin Brautigan. Part II Industrial regeneration through innovation, conversion and diversification: the role of Ruhrkohle in Germany's energy and coal policy, Dr Matthias Hessling; regeneration in the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire, Hedley Salt; the collapse of industrial employment - steel closure in Consett, Dr Ray Hudson and David Sadler. Part III Industrial regeneration through new investment through public and private sector partnership: the Eastern Ruhr Development Agency - a public and private sector initiative for structural change, Dr Hans Esterman and Franzis Roxlau Hennemann; the German campaign for the future of coal mining areas, Wolfgang Steingraber; British Coal Enterprise, David Picketing. Part IV Fostering Entrepreneurship through economic and psychological incentives: the promotion of business activities in the context of structural policy in North-Rhine Westphalia, Wilf Noll; product development as the new function of business promotion, Dr Rainer Buhr; the work of the Training and Enterprise Councils, Pat Richards. Part V Environmental issues - land reclamation and land regeneration: waste product rehabilitation in mining under the conditions of the employment crisis in the former GDR, Andrew Wiedner; land reclamation and economic restructuring of North-Rhine Westphalia, Friedrich Wagner; environmental issues in South Wales, Ewart Parkinson. Part VI Education and training - reskilling the workforce: training as a means of promoting the restructuring of the coal regions, Dr Heiko Beenken; the importance of further education during structural change - a case study of Bergkamen, Roland Schafer; community education, training and lifelong learning - new partnerships and initiatives for South Wales, Professor Hywel Francis. Part VII Afterword: some comparative reflections.
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