01219pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002400040245008600064260000900150300001300159362000800172520082000180650003201000650001601032773002501048180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aIndergaard, Michael  aBeyond the region: the rise and fall of economic regionalism in downriver detroit  c1998  ap.241-62  aNov  aDoes economic restructuring provide opportunities for remaking old industrial centers into regional industrial systems? Such regions possess institutions that allow firms and support organizations to adjust to market shifts. The case of Detroit's Downriver suburbs is used to explore this question in a metropolitan setting. Downriver regionalism supported several market interventions, showing that restructuring can create opportunities for economic regionalism. However, regionalism did not produce industrial adjustment mechanisms and eventually succumbed to interlocal competition for investment. The author concludes that prospects for regional systems are diminished by metropolitan fragmentation and national policies promoting capital mobility as the primary mechanism for economic adjustment. - Reproduced  aRegionalism - United States  aRegionalism  aUrban Affairs Review