Deindustrialization in cities of the Global South


Schindler S., Gillespie T., Banks N., BAYIRBAĞ M. K., Burte H., Kanai J. M., ...More

AREA DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY, vol.5, no.3, pp.283-304, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 5 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/23792949.2020.1725393
  • Journal Name: AREA DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.283-304
  • Keywords: deindustrialization, urban decline, postcolonial urbanism, gentrification, comparative urban research, BUENOS-AIRES, POLITICAL-ECONOMY, PUBLIC-POLICY, URBAN, GENTRIFICATION, TURKEY, CITY, CONSTRUCTION, ISTANBUL, LONDON
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Recent research by economists has shown that deindustrialization is more severe in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America than it ever was in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Nevertheless, most research on deindustrialization is focused on the former centres of Fordist manufacturing in the industrial heartlands of the North Atlantic. In short, there is a mismatch between where deindustrialization is researched and where it is occurring, and the objective of this paper is to shift the geographical focus of research on deindustrialization to the Global South. Case studies from Argentina, India, Tanzania and Turkey demonstrate the variegated nature of deindustrialization beyond the North Atlantic. In the process, it is demonstrated that cities in the Global South can inform wider theoretical discussions on the impacts of deindustrialization at the urban scale.