新经济和新计划能否遏制老工业区的衰落?——以德国鲁尔区和多特蒙德市为例

New Economy and New Projects in Old Industrial Areas: Do They Slow Down the Trend of Decline?——The Case of the Ruhr Area and the City of Dortmund

过去20年间,西欧最大的工业区——著名的德国鲁尔区推行了一项先进的区域和结构改革政策,然而其经济和社会持续衰落的趋势仍然未能扭转。本文试图讨论这项关注新经济部门、新项目以及新公共设施的政策是否能够对未来的就业变化产生影响。

The economic and social decline of the largest industrial area in Western Europe, the famous Ruhr area, continues unabated, although an advancedregional and structural innovation policy has been realized over the last 20 years. This paper asks whether the policy concentration on neweconomic branches, new projects and new institutional arrangements will be able to slow down this negative trend of job creation in the future.