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The economic 'revolution' in Melbourne's West

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posted on 2024-11-01, 01:43 authored by Michael BerryMichael Berry, Jago DodsonJago Dodson
Historically, Melbourne's western suburbs were known as industrial areas suffering from relative disadvantage when compared to the rest of the metropolitan area. But economic commentators have claimed that a resurgence has occurred in the west, in terms of industrial investment and employment generation, since the mid-1990s, due to increasingly globalised economic connections which have reversed the region's previous disadvantages. This article engages with these 'western resurgence' claims in three ways. First, it examines the recent economic history of the western region, relative to global economic processes. Second the article examines the empirical basis for the reported recent economic resurgence in the west. Finally, the article concludes with some observations concerning regional economic development under contemporary global processes.

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Journal

Urban Policy and Research

Volume

22

Issue

2

Start page

137

End page

155

Total pages

19

Publisher

Routledge

Place published

UK

Language

English

Copyright

© 2004 Editorial Board, Urban Policy and Research

Former Identifier

2004002175

Esploro creation date

2020-06-22

Fedora creation date

2010-09-27

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