Employment Location in Regional Economic Planning - A Case Study of the West Midlands

List of contents

Foreword 1. Perspective on Regional Planning in Britain 2. Regional Trends in Employment Growth 3. The Regional Manufacturing Structure 4. Service Industries in Towns 5. Employment and the Socio-Economic Character of Towns 6. The Demand and Supply of Labour 7. Employment Location and Planning Policy

Summary

Originally published in 1970. During the times of planned population movements and new towns, this book presents research on the facts and trends of employment generated by the regional economy and its relationship with the size and socio-economic character of local workforce, using the example of the West Midlands as testing ground for policy.

Product details

• Authors: G. M. Lomas, G. M. Wood Lomas, P. A. Wood
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138101852
• ISBN: 978-1-138-10185-2
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Warwickshire, West Midlands, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Labour / income economics, Urban & municipal planning, Labour Economics, urban economics, Human Geography, Urban communities, Regional Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Settlement, urban and rural geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Regional / urban economics, Urban communities / city life