The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the university's research and development money, and by its graduates.

Services and public administration also play a major role in the city's economy.

The Industrial Revolution transformed Berlin during the 19th century ; the city's economy and population expanded dramatically, and it became the main rail hub and economic center of Germany.

Life science, information technology and shipping are important sectors, and research & development plays a major role in the city's economy.

Manufacturing and retail sectors became dominant among Midwestern cities, influencing the American economy, particularly in meatpacking, with the advent of the refrigerated rail car and the regional centrality of the city's Union Stock Yards.

In 1947, Karachi was the focus for settlement by Muslim migrants from India, who drastically expanded the city's population and transformed its demographics and economy.

The city's economy was changed to military production-especially after the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

Today, the city's economy is now diversified among government service, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, banking, and education.

At present, the city's economy is stable and diversified, primarily based on its traditional transportation, distribution, retailing and commercial heritage, but also supplemented by strength in the educational, health care, financial, information technology and insurance sectors.

After a brief period of economic prosperity in the 15th century, the city's economy suffered during the wars of religion of the 16th and 17th centuries, and recovery did not happen until the industrial revolution in the early 19th century.

The Spanish and Dutch garrisons became an important factor in the city's economy.

The local economy is dominated by trade, agriculture and karakul production ; small scale oil and gas exploitation have also boosted the city's prospects.

In this franchise, the player is a mayor that may, at their leisure, take a city from a single village to a successful metropolis, laying down zones, taking care of the public services and stimulating the city's economy.

The American Civil War boosted the city's economy with increased production of iron and armaments.

Although Pittsburgh successfully shifted the focus of its economy and remained a viable city, the city's population never rebounded to its industrial-era highs.

The president gave reconstruction contracts preferentially to family and friends, thereby profiting from the quake and increasing his control of the city's economy.

They are built not just for economy of space ; like temples and palaces of the past, skyscrapers are considered symbols of a city's economic power.

Prostitution was frowned on by respectable Berliners, but it continued to the point of becoming entrenched in the city's underground economy and culture.

The bomb, placed in a van on Corporation Street in the city centre, targeted the city's infrastructure and economy and caused widespread damage, estimated by insurers at £ 700 million (£ 1 billion as of 2011 ).

Romania's largest stock exchange, the Bucharest Stock Exchange, which was merged in December 2005 with the Bucharest-based electronic stock exchange Rasdaq, plays a major role in the city's economy.

In the nineteenth century, however, the closing of the caricatore precipitated a profound economic crisis that lasted until the end of the century, when artisanal and proto-industrial activity began to replace the traditional agricultural base of the city's economy.

" He sketches a ' sustainable ' city's features: compact, efficient land use ; less automobile use, yet better access ; efficient resource use ; less pollution and waste ; the restoration of natural systems ; good housing and living environments ; a healthy social ecology ; a sustainable economy ; community participation and involvement ; and preservation of local culture and wisdom.

The Old Market in Downtown Omaha is another major attraction and is important to the city's retail economy.

Construction-materials, food processing, and light industries play a significant role in the city's economy.

In Hyderabad, the MMTS mainly transports people from the city centre to HI-TEC city, the city's Information Technology hub.

During these first few years Hellas was one of three or four area teams playing mainly at a municipal level while fighting against city rivals Bentegodi to become the city's premier football outfit.

The city's population is estimated to be growing at about 5 % per year ( mainly as a result of internal rural-urban migration ), including an estimated 45, 000 migrant workers coming to the city every month from different parts of Pakistan.

The most recent expansion of the city's boundaries took place in 1987, with the addition of new areas mainly to the north, including Morasko, Radojewo and Kiekrz.

Petty crime, however, is more common, particularly in the form of pickpocketing, which occurs mainly on the city's public transport network.

Communist-era architecture can also be found in Bucharest's residential districts, mainly in blocuri, which are high-density apartment blocks that house the majority of the city's population.

* Northern District :, located on the 2nd and 3rd districts, it has a significant industrial activity ( mainly food ), being the Cervecería Boliviana Nacional ( Bolivian National Brewery ) the most significant industry founded by Germans, and one of the city's biggest companies in the country.

In the mid 1960s, corruption scandals began to arise among many of the city's officials, who were mainly elected through the traditional old boy network.

The economy of Salerno is mainly based on services and tourism, as most of the city's manufacturing base did not survive the economic crisis of the 1970s.

This episode in the city's history is mainly remembered for the Genoese revolt, precipitated by a boy named Giovan Battista Perasso and nicknamed Balilla, who threw a stone at an Austrian official and became a national hero to later generations of Genoese ( and Italians in general ).

It was during this time that support for the Bolsheviks grew and another of its ' leading figures, Leon Trotsky, was elected chair of the Petrograd Soviet, which had complete control over the defenses of the city, mainly, the city's military force.

Therefore, many of the old buildings such as the half-timbered houses dating from the 12th to the 15th centuries ( found mainly in the city's core district ) are undamaged, at least by organized violence.

The city's growth in recent years can be attributed mainly to the presence of Interstate 20 and Oxford's central location between Atlanta and Birmingham.

It is mainly intended for the city's children, with the main feature being a playground.

Benton Harbor was mainly swampland bordered by the Paw Paw River, through which a canal was built, hence the " harbor " in the city's name.

While Shibam has existed for around two thousand years, most of the city's houses come mainly from the sixteenth century.

In an effort to renew public interest, city officials, the Downtown Morristown Association and the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce hold events in the city's downtown or the " Skywalk District " throughout the year, mainly during the warmer months of May to September.

An American convoy of about thirty vehicles, mainly elements of the American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion ( FAOB ), was negotiating the crossroads and turning right toward Ligneuville, in order to reach St. Vith, where it had been ordered to join the 7th Armored Division, to reinforce the city's defense.

Manufacturing is, nevertheless, still prominent in the city's economy ( 17 %) and, concentrated mainly in the southside, it benefits as much from high local purchasing power and a large local supply of skilled labor as it does from its relationship to massive agriculture and industry just outside the city limits themselves.

In the Manchester context, the music can be seen as mainly influenced by the indie music that had dominated the city's music scene during the 1980s, but also absorbing the various influences coming through the Haçienda.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Monrovia was divided into two parts: ( 1 ) Monrovia proper, where the city's Americo-Liberian population resided and was reminiscent of the Southern United States in architecture ; and ( 2 ) Krutown, which was mainly inhabited by ethnic Krus but also Bassas, Grebos and other tribes.

They stayed until 1645 and did not manage to influence the city's architecture or to leave any sign of their invasion, mainly because they were kept too busy with the challenges to their occupation.

The most famous folklore event of Gaeta is Gliu Sciuscio of December 31, in which bands of young Gaetani in traditional costumes head to the city's streets, playing mainly self-built instruments.

World War II had seen a huge expansion in the role of central government in British life, and this pattern continued into the post-war years: for Birmingham, this meant major decisions about the city's future tended to be made outside the city, mainly in Westminster.