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Reviews: The Institute of British Geographers Special Publications Series 19. Technical Change and Industrial Policy, the Development of High Technology Industries: An International Survey, Rational Ecology: Environment and Political Economy, the New Environmental Age, Industrial Geography, Two-Track Training: Sex Inequalities and the YTS, in a Man's World: Essays on Women in Male-Dominated Professions, Planning and Public Transport in Great Britain, France and West Germany, People, Cities and Wealth: The Transformation of Traditional Society, Spatial Interaction Modelling and Residential Choice Analysis

Reviews: The Institute of British Geographers Special Publications Series 19. Technical Change... Environment and Planning A, 1988, volume 20, pages 983-994 Reviews The Institute of British Geographers special publications series 19. Technical change and industrial policy edited by K Chapman, G Humphrys; Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1987, 264 pages, £27.50 (US: $49.95) The development of high technology industries: an international survey edited by M J Breheny, R W McQuaid; Croom Helm, Beckenham, Kent (published in the USA by Methuen, New York) 1987, 363 pages, £35.00 (US: $60.00) The two books provide two different sides of the coin on the new technology debate. The Chapman and Humphrys book is essentially an account of new technologies upon existing industries and, in some cases, of mature or sunset industries, whereas the Breheny and McQuaid book analyses the development and location of a narrower subsector, the high- technology producing areas themselves. For a number of reasons, the former appealed to me more than the latter, although again for a number of reasons, the latter is a far more interesting contribution to the debate. Despite its interesting premise—Pinder and Hussain, for example, in their contribution on the oil refining industry, note that the impact of new technologies is likely to be greatest on mature industries—the Chapman and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environment and Planning A SAGE

Reviews: The Institute of British Geographers Special Publications Series 19. Technical Change and Industrial Policy, the Development of High Technology Industries: An International Survey, Rational Ecology: Environment and Political Economy, the New Environmental Age, Industrial Geography, Two-Track Training: Sex Inequalities and the YTS, in a Man's World: Essays on Women in Male-Dominated Professions, Planning and Public Transport in Great Britain, France and West Germany, People, Cities and Wealth: The Transformation of Traditional Society, Spatial Interaction Modelling and Residential Choice Analysis

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© 1988 SAGE Publications
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Environment and Planning A, 1988, volume 20, pages 983-994 Reviews The Institute of British Geographers special publications series 19. Technical change and industrial policy edited by K Chapman, G Humphrys; Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1987, 264 pages, £27.50 (US: $49.95) The development of high technology industries: an international survey edited by M J Breheny, R W McQuaid; Croom Helm, Beckenham, Kent (published in the USA by Methuen, New York) 1987, 363 pages, £35.00 (US: $60.00) The two books provide two different sides of the coin on the new technology debate. The Chapman and Humphrys book is essentially an account of new technologies upon existing industries and, in some cases, of mature or sunset industries, whereas the Breheny and McQuaid book analyses the development and location of a narrower subsector, the high- technology producing areas themselves. For a number of reasons, the former appealed to me more than the latter, although again for a number of reasons, the latter is a far more interesting contribution to the debate. Despite its interesting premise—Pinder and Hussain, for example, in their contribution on the oil refining industry, note that the impact of new technologies is likely to be greatest on mature industries—the Chapman and

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