John Levy

Economic Development Programs for Cities, Counties and Towns

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This completely updated and revised edition of Levy's highly regarded work examines the important changes in the economic world faced by communities since publication of the first edition in 1981. Much new material has been added to reflect the increasingly important role of state government, heightened intermunicipal competition, rising foreign investment, the diminished availability of federal development funds, and more. Like the previous edition, this is designed as a how-to book for the practitioner as well as a resource for students of public administration, planning, and development economics. The author provides a general framework for considering the pros and cons of various economic development approaches, offers an overview of the new federal role in local economic development and the rationale for national economic development policy, and presents a systematic discussion of local economic development techniques, strategy, financing and tax abatement, federal and state programs, and marketing and promotion. Following a general introduction, Levy looks at the political context of economic development, local government organizations and personnel, and recent economic changes-- including the deindustrialization issue and foreign trade-related matters. Chapters on the role of the states, reasonable expectations, and local economic development in the national context are new to this edition, as is a chapter that surveys actual practitioner experience in order to identify what does and does not work in local economic development. Subsequent discussions focus on the use of public relations, advertising and marketing in local government; assessing economic development potential; development planning and financing; and labor markets and fiscal impacts. An important addition to this edition is the inclusion of a simple, generic PC-based fiscal impact model. Indispensable for anyone involved in local economic development, this new edition offers a comprehensive look at the development situation faced by communities as we move into the 1990s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9780275937607
• ISBN-10: 0275937607
• Artikelnr.: 21502967

Autorenporträt

John Levy was born in 1951. At 37, he went to law school. The last 18 years of his life as a lawyer, he worked in the county public defender's office, representing adults accused of felonies. He retired in January 2016. He has been publishing books of poetry and prose since 1980, the most recent having been published by the US press, otata's bookshelf. He was a contributing editor to 'Shearsman' magazine in its earliest years, and has appeared in its pages regularly thereafter. This is his first book publication with the parent press. John Levy lives in Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Political Context of Economic Development Organization and
Personnel Recent Economic Changes The Role of the States What Does and Does
Not Work Reasonable Expectations Public Relations, Advertising, and
Marketing Assessing Economic Development Potential Development Planning
Development Financing Labor Market and Fiscal Impacts Local Economic
Development in the National Picture Appendix: Economics for the Economic
Developer Bibliography Index