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Frontmatter – Preface – Contents – Introduction – Part I. The Historical Perspective – 1. Historical Dimensions of the Modern Metropolitan Problem – 2. The New York Metropolis in Transformation: History and Prospect. A Study in Historical Particularity – 3. Long-Term Trends and Problems of Metropolitan Paris – 4. Railroads, Manufacturing and Services as Decisive Factors in Shaping the Metropolis, Berlin 1850-1920 – 5. National Capitals, World Cities and the New Division of Labour – Part II. Changes in the Spatial Structure of Economic Activity During the Last Decades and the Metropolis: Facts and Explanatory Theories – Chapter 1: General Trends – 6. The Development of the European Urban System, 1971-1981 – 7. The Changing Spatial Structure of Economic Activity and Metropolitan Decline in the United Kingdom – 8. Berlin and the Spatial Division of Labour within the FRG – 9. Economic Transformation, Minorities, and Urban Demographic-Employment Mismatch in the U.S. and West Germany – Chapter 2: Economic Development in Selected Metropolitan Areas – 10. Restructuring and Locational Change in London’s Electronics Industries – 11. Does Paris Subsidize the Rest of France? – 12. Decline of Industrial Employment in Berlin – Causes and Consequences – Part III. Economic Policy and the Metropolis – Chapter 1: Policies for Urban Economic Development in Advanced Industrial Countries – 13. Overview: National Government Responses to Structural Changes in Urban Economies – 14. Policies to Stimulate Urban Economic Activity in the United States – The Case of Detroit – 15. The Growth of the Paris Region, Town Planning and the National Policy of Locational Control (1920-1984) – 16. Economic Development Policy in London – 17. Policies for Urban Economic Development in the Federal Republic of Germany – 18. Evaluation of Recent Policy Innovations in Berlin (West) – Chapter 2: Economic Transformation and Political Change in Metropolitan Areas – 19. The Advanced Industrial Metropolis: A New Type of World City – 20. Big City Politics – New Patterns and Orientations at the Local Level of the Welfare State – Chapter 3: Development Options and Constraints for the Economic Future of Berlin (West) – 21. Metropolitan Development to and Beyond 2000 – Some Hypotheses applied to the City of Berlin – 22. Alternative Development Paths for the Economy of Berlin (West) – Reflections on Different Scenarios – About the Contributors