Chapter
Industrial City
Abstract
An industrial city is an urban place in which manufacturing dominates the local economy and, by extension, the environment and social relations. Such cities have often been associated with high levels of air and/or water pollution. The social structure and class relations of their workplaces are often polarized and this is both reflected and reproduced in a simplified social geography. This was especially true in smaller centers and company …
Authors
Harris R
Book title
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Pagination
pp. 383-388
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2009
DOI
10.1016/b978-008044910-4.01056-7