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Changes in the Spatial Structure of the North Rhine-Westphalia Economy Since the Middle of the 20th Century

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PII
S2587556625010095-1
DOI
10.31857/S2587556625010095
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
O Shuvalova
  • Affiliation: Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Volume/ Edition
Volume 89 / Issue number 1
Pages
122-136
Abstract
The article presents a spatial statistical modeling of employment in the North Rhine-Westphalia. The source of information was statistical reference books for the years 1948 to 2021. We examined the level of municipal districts and extra-district cities. As a result of administrative-territorial reforms, the number of districts varied from 53 to 94. In order to process heterogeneous statistics and to identify differences, the territory of North Rhine-Westphalia was divided into 400 cells of equal size. The statistics were linked to these cells by appropriate recalculations. Spatial schemes were constructed. The dates of fundamental shifts in the spatial structure of the economy of North Rhine-Westphalia were identified. The main changes affected the economic centers of the state—the Ruhr area and the Rhine region. New growth poles appeared on the periphery of the region—the case of Bielefeld and Münster. The historical and current degree of polarization of the economic landscape by industry, trade and transport was studied. Whereas in the past industrial enterprises were concentrated in industrial centers, today they are relatively evenly distributed throughout the region. Each factory has its own function in the production process.
Keywords
пространственное развитие территориальная структура социально-экономическое неравенство региональная политика Германия Северный Рейн-Вестфалия Рур старопромышленный район деиндустриализация занятость постиндустриальное развитие
Date of publication
04.11.2025
Year of publication
2025
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