Deindustrialization
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Deindustrialization is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially of heavy industry or manufacturi
Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one of the world's leading steel manufacturers for most of the 20th century, discontinued most of its operations in 1982, filed for bankruptcy in 2001, and was dissolved in 2003.
The former Packard Automotive Plant in Detroit, a recognizable symbol of the decline of the city's once vibrant automotive industry
Urban decay
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Urban decay is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. There is no single process that leads to urban decay.
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Urban decay in Poznań, Poland. The tiles are cracked and covered in graffiti.
Many areas that suffered population decline from the 1970s still have signs of urban decay, such as this derelict building in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
Pruitt–Igoe public housing, St. Louis, Missouri. This urban renewal project was built in the 1950s; it failed and was razed in the 1970s.