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The Backward City

Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions

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Chapter 12 focuses on cities dubbed “backward,” calling them a category of Backward Cities and exploring how they can evolve into a more forward economy. This chapter discusses topics including non-competitive industries, barriers to trade, Modern-day Detroit, “globalization”and strategies to resist the decline of becoming backwards.

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Charles-Albert Ramsay

Charles-Albert Ramsay is a Montreal economist and teacher with an MA in Economics from the Université de Sherbrooke. As a journalist, he has reported on new business projects in cities throughout Canada and internationally. Specializing in innovation and urban economics, he has taught economics at Dawson College and Kiuna Institution in Quebec.