2008, is the focus of an innovative urban regeneration programme aimed at driving new sustainable economic development. The ambitious and still ongoing refurbishment is attracting numerous private actors

The NEB puts the focus on local and regional projects, as it is particularly on this level that a high degree of participation of the respective communities can be achieved. That said, industrialisati

"The Opels, the Opelers and the Opel: Car - Industry - Culture in Rüsselsheim". The tour combines economic, social and cultural aspects of Rüsselsheim's history and reveals the traces they have left in the

research institute. The breeding of poultry, pigs and cattle has now been radically optimised for economic exploitation: The "single purpose animal" was simply supposed to produce a lot of meat (or a lot

People’s Republic of Albania, proclaimed in 1944, sought economic support from its neighbour Yugoslavia and assumed the Soviet Union’s economic model. Landholdings and businesses were nationalised, heavy [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ALBANIA Listen Albania’s economic history is characterised by a fundamental contradiction: the country has valuable natural resources, fertile soil and enormous hydroelectric [...] thanks to new hydroelectric plants. It is believed that this is when the industrial proportion of economic output exceeded that of agriculture – although the statistics do not offer any reliable data. However

largest trade bank in the Empire) and the Kharkov Land Bank. Altschewskyj saw opportunities for economic development in the relatively under-developed Donbas coalfield. In 1879 he founded the Altschewskyj [...] influential educator, he supported Ukrainian-language education and literacy. During the Russian economic crisis of 1899-1901, Altschewskyj’s requests for loans from the Ministry of Finance were rejected

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ANDORRA Listen The Principality of Andorra boasts a unique economic history. On account of its inaccessible location high in the Pyrenees, far from any trade routes, and with [...] century. In 1532, Andorra was granted freedom from customs duties. Until well into modern times, economic activity consisted mainly of sheep-rearing and forestry. Starting in the 17th century, this was [...] Spain and France were constructed. Even today, the country is entirely without a railway link. An economic renaissance was eventually sparked by the construction of a hydroelectric plant at Engolasters Lake

years old, but the high mountains and deep valleys of the Lesser Caucasus are a major obstacle to economic development. Arable land is scarce, in the mountains only a few mineral resources are found and [...] the 18th century, mining began on a larger scale, especially in the towns of Kapan and Alaverdi. Economic activities increased after the country passed from Persian to Russian hands in 1828. The processing [...] became part of the Soviet Union, which initiated the industrialisation programme common in socialist economic policy. One focus was on energy supply: in Yerevan, in 1923 the first hydroelectric power plant

tortured landscape that surrounded the great ironworks of the Guest family, and at a time of acute economic depression. Her father was a civil servant, and the family were Strict Baptists. In 1932 the family

country. In the territory of today’s Austria, the economic transformation did not gain momentum until the so-called "Gründerzeit", the era of rapid economic expansion in German-speaking Europe, dawned in [...] coal mining and textiles in Moravia and the innovative heavy industry of Bohemia became drivers for economic and technical progress. However, industrialisation there brought with it a heightened Czech nationalist [...] form of construction projects such as the famous Viennese "Arbeiterhöfe". By then, the promising economic upswing of the turn of the century was already history, a casualty of the destruction of the First

aluminium smelter, chemical and textile plants were established before World War II, contributed to economic diversification. The construction of a large hydroelectric plant at Mingǝçevir Reservoir in 1948 [...] other former Soviet republics that remain dependent on subsidised energy supplies from the socialist economic network. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Azerbaijan WIKIPEDIA: Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan

establishment of saw mills, leatherworking and paper factories. As in many parts of Russia, greater economic growth did not occur until the abolition of serfdom under Alexander II in 1861 and the construction

Maurice Daumas (1910-84). He began to advocate in use of field evidence in the study of industrial and economic history, an approach that was then novel. In 1971 he was appointed director of studies at the École [...] Napeolonic Empire, but his later studies focussed more broadly on banks, business and the social and economic elites of the nineteenth century. He had a particular interest in Paris. In 1978 he was one of the

d by the Franco regime in 1941 to reconstruct Spanish industry after the Civil War and increase economic self-sufficiency. He restructured the organisation and strengthened its component groups. INI became

Croatia and Banja Luka, today the capital of the Republic of Srpska, was completed in 1872. However, economic progress did not occur until the country was ceded to another occupying power: from 1878 on, Bo [...] exhibited in museums, as “traditional Bosnian” handicrafts. Some historians characterise this type of economic and intellectual exploitation as the Habsburg version of colonialism. Nevertheless, at the start

production continued or even expanded in monastic breweries, which were less impacted by politics or by economic changes. That was also where hops began to be grown and used as a beer-making ingredient. Beer gained

today's European welfare state. It was on this basis that modern Europe was built, with its great economic prosperity and high standards of social and medical care. Every town, every industrial monument

today's European welfare state. It was on this basis that modern Europe was built, with its great economic prosperity and high standards of social and medical care. Every town, every industrial monument

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF BULGARIA Listen Dramatic political upheavals defined Bulgaria’s economic history and for many years impeted the path to industrialisation. Although a textile factory was founded [...] financed by foreign investors. German influence steadily increased from 1934 on, with the result that economic policy was ultimately dominated by Germany. Thus, the transition to a centrally controlled economy [...] money available for the maintenance of housing or transportation infrastructure. Corrections in economic policy failed to materially improve matters. In the 1980s, the government attempted to develop a

entire Croatian coast to Dubrovnik. Although President Tito’s break with Stalin in 1948 triggered an economic blockade by the Eastern Block, by the mid-1960s industry was posting spectacular growth rates and