0 belonging or relating to an economy that is no longer based on heavy industry, such as the making of large machines:
1 belonging or relating to an economy that is based more on service industries than on manufacturing:
post-industrial economy/society/world As the state works to rebuild its post-industrial economy, it's looking for young companies to be part of a high-tech future.
post-industrial age/era With numbers in the coal and steel industries slashed, unions have found it hard to adapt to the post-industrial age.
post-industrial businesses/cities/areas
Instead, it appears that states have adopted different strategies to respond to the impact of the post-industrial world.
In contemporary post-industrial societies, both personal and political alienation seems to be derived from two sources.
The pattern so far is familiar to that found in most post-industrial countries.
Casual observation of the world of computer-assisted communication reveals that this world - the post-industrial world - is not free but captive.
In the post-industrial age, the level of healthcare generally rises with modernization and development.
A hallmark of a post-industrial society is the prevalence of the white-collar, service sector rather than the blue-collar, industrial sector in its economy.
Thus, the emerging risks of post-industrial society translate into downloading the management of social risks from the state, market and family to individuals.
The design is a continuation of research embracing conditions of uncertainty and change on mainly post-industrial or former military sites.