The Blind Spot. How Three Cities in Three Different Countries Counteracted the Crisis in the 1970s

This article describes how the world-wide economic crisis in the 1970s hit three towns, Kiruna, Holstebro and Dortmund and how planners in these cities counteracted the crisis. Their economic bases, iron ore, farming and steel, eroded and caused mass unemployment. More or less unconsciously, the pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Per Åke Nilsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2017-04-01
Series:Athens Journal of Architecture
Online Access:https://www.athensjournals.gr/architecture/2017-3-2-3-Nilsson.pdf