Basic Information
- Characteristics of Industry (BBC GCSE Bitesize)
Industry in The Ruhr
Fundamentals
- Coal, iron and steel | Kohle, Eisen und Stahl
- Borderlines and administrative boundaries | administrative Gliederung des Ruhrgebiets
The era of the coal and steel industry
- The development of the coal and steel industry | Entfaltung der Montanindustrie
- World Wars and post-war years | Weltkriege und Nachkriegszeit
- Crisis and fall of the coal and steel sector | Krise des Montansektors
- Obstacles to the structural change | Hürden des strukturellen Wandels
Renewing the infrastructure
- Phases 1 and 2: Structural policy for the Ruhr | integrierte und zentralisierte Strukturpolitik
- Phase 3a: Technological diversification | Re-Industrialisierung, Neo-Industrialisierung und Innovationspotenzial
- Phase 3b: Regionalisation of structural policy/International Building Exhibition Emscher Park | Regionalisierte Strukturpolitik, “Internationale Bauausstellung Emscher Park”
- Phase 4: Regional self-management | selbstorganisierte Strukturpolitik
Maps
The Ruhr ca. 1840 | ca. 1960 | “today”
Industry in Britain
- Draw a flow chart that summarises the development in Britain as presented in the BBC documentary “Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here” .
- Compare and discuss your flowcharts.