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Understanding community economic growth and decline : strategies for sustainable development / by Gerald L. Gordon.

Gordon, Gerald L., 1950- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Taylor and Francis

First edition.

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,, 2018

1 online resource (382 pages)

Englisch

: Understanding community economic growth and decline / Gordon, Gerald L.

978-1-351-36903-9 (e-book : PDF); (e-book : PDF)

978-1-138-55624-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-138-55624-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1077750517 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

QC 340      Ähnliche Literatur

307.140973 ; 307.1/40973

Basisklassifikation: 74.72 (Stadtplanung; kommunale Planung) ; 71.14 (Städtische Gesellschaft)

bisacsh: POL000000 ; bisacsh: POL

*USA ; Stadtentwicklung ; Nachhaltigkeit      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Community development ; Regional economics ; Sustainable development ; Community development -- United States ; Regional economics -- United States ; Sustainable development -- United States ; Urban economics

Community development ; Regional economics ; Sustainable development ; Community development ; United States ; Regional economics ; United States ; Sustainable development ; United States ; Urban economics ; Electronic books ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development

chapter Introduction -- part Part I An Examination of Existing Theories of Community Economic Growth and Decline -- chapter 1 Competing Theories of Community Economic Growth and Decline -- chapter 2 A Brief History of Economic Growth and Decline -- chapter 3 Growth versus Development -- chapter 4 In Search of a New Understanding -- part Part II Why Local Economies Must Grow: Causes of Increasing Demand -- chapter 5 Economic Stasis: “We Don’t Want to Grow -- We Want to Stand Still” -- chapter 6 Global Forces on Local Economies -- chapter 7 National and State Forces that Impact Local Economies -- chapter 8 Over-Dependence on a Single Company or a Single Industry: Case Studies -- part PART III The Impacts of Insufficient Local Economic Growth -- chapter 9 Impacts on the Secondary and Tertiary Economies -- chapter 10 Reaction Times and Waiting Until it is Too Late -- chapter 11 Community and Citizen Responses -- part Part IV Enhancing the Local “Product” -- chapter 12 Preparing and Selling the Product -- chapter 13 Physical Requisites for Economic Development -- chapter 14 Matching Communities to Optimal Business Development: The “Right Kinds” of Jobs -- chapter 15 Institutional Growth and Economic Development -- chapter 16 Building Amenities to Drive Growth -- chapter 17 Rural Communities and Small Town Economic Development -- part Part V The Process: Initiating and Sustaining Local Economic Growth -- chapter 18 Vision, Planning, and Selling the Plan -- chapter 19 The Timing of the Process -- chapter 20 Team-Building, Budgeting, and Professionalism -- chapter 21 Creating Strategic Alliances for Growth -- chapter 22 Image, Awareness, and Selling Communities to Employers -- chapter 23 Managing Internal Expectations -- chapter 24 Managing Inter-Jurisdictional Relationships -- chapter 25 Business Incubation and Entrepreneurialism as an Economic Growth Generator and State Development Programs -- part Part VI Sinclair Lewis Redux: It Can Happen Here -- chapter 26 Preparing Communities for Economic Development -- chapter 27 Conclusions and Actions/Recommendations.