deindustrializing
Shedding manufacturing base
Deindustrializing describes the process of losing industrial capacity—factories closing, manufacturing jobs disappearing, production moving elsewhere.
Cities and regions deindustrialize when economic forces shift toward services or overseas labor: The Rust Belt has been deindustrializing since the 1970s.
The process often leaves behind unemployment and urban decay.
Mass job eliminations
- joblessnessState without paid work
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- displaced workersThose who lost positions
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
underemployment · retrenchment · downsizing · labor market · job losses · economic hardship · welfare · poverty
Plant disease causing decay
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- rust beltDeclining industrial region
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
Moving work overseas
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- free tradeUnrestricted international exchange
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- transnationalCrossing country lines
foreign investment · global supply chain · comparative advantage · tariff reduction · economic integration · neoliberalism · world economy · cross-border
Change from one state
- declineDecrease or refuse
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- shiftMovement or work period
- phasing outGradually discontinuing something
contraction · scaling back · closure · shuttering · winding down · hollowing out · erosion · attrition
Automaton design field
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- computerizationAdopting digital systems
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
labor-saving · productivity · efficiency · machine learning · digital transformation · workforce reduction · innovation · retooling
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- joblessnessState without paid work
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- displaced workersThose who lost positions
blue-collar · underemployment · retrenchment · downsizing · labor market · job losses · economic hardship · welfare · poverty · retraining
blight
Plant disease causing decay
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- rust beltDeclining industrial region
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
vacancy · ghost town · Detroit · contaminated sites · depopulation
offshoring
Moving work overseas
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- free tradeUnrestricted international exchange
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
transnational · foreign investment · global supply chain · comparative advantage · tariff reduction · economic integration · neoliberalism · world economy · cross-border · export-oriented
transition
Change from one state
- declineDecrease or refuse
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- shiftMovement or work period
phasing out · contraction · scaling back · closure · shuttering · winding down · hollowing out · erosion · attrition · gradual
robotics
Automaton design field
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- computerizationAdopting digital systems
artificial intelligence · labor-saving · productivity · efficiency · machine learning · digital transformation · workforce reduction · innovation · retooling · modernization
deindustrializingindustrializing
Developing manufacturing capacity
reindustrializing · manufacturing · industrial growth · mechanizing · automating
deindustrializingindustrializing
Developing manufacturing capacity
developing · emerging · modernizing · building up · economic growth
industry, industrial, industrious, industries, industriousness, industrialized, industrialization, industrialize, industrializes