Götting, Adrian2014-06-052014-06-052014-04Götting, Adrian (2014), Structural Change in the Ruhr region: Problems, potentials and developments, IET Working Papers Series, No. WPS03/2014, IET/CESNOVA, 25 pp.1646-8929http://hdl.handle.net/10362/12150Due to the decline of the heavy industries in the Ruhr region, the area has to reinvent itself. The orientation towards service industries proves to be a difficult task for the district and its population. This paper examines the challenges, problems and potentials of the Ruhr region against the backdrop of its economical history out of a sociological perspective. Thereby the economical situation and its outcome towards the population stand in the foreground of the paper.engDemographic changeMigrationInformation technologiesRegional developmentStructural changeRuhr regionworking paper