The shift of an economy from manufacturing-based industries to service- or knowledge-based industries; decline in industrial (manufacturing) share.
その都市では脱工業化が進み、工場が次々と閉鎖された。
Deindustrialization advanced in that city, and factories closed one after another.
脱工業化の影響で地元の雇用構造が大きく変わった。
As a result of deindustrialization, the local employment structure changed dramatically.