deindustrialization

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deindustrialization (countable and uncountable, plural deindustrializations)

The loss or deprivation of industrial capacity or strength.

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During the mid-1950s and 1960s, St. Louis and Kansas City suffered deindustrialization and loss of jobs in railroads and manufacturing, as did other Midwestern industrial cities. Source: Internet

Deindustrialization has hurt these once robust, blue-collar, middle-class places, which were centered on agriculture, resource-based industries, and manufacturing. Source: Internet

Deindustrialization creates a lot of pathologies, like small towns where the thing they’ve got going for them is their football team. Source: Internet

Mickiewicz and Zalewska in their article “Deindustrialization. Source: Internet

Cleanup has been accomplished through better treatment plants, tighter environmental regulations, deindustrialization and increased public awareness. Source: Internet

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