Gerald L. Gordon

Understanding Community Economic Growth and Decline (eBook, ePUB)

Strategies for Sustainable Development

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring many facets of growth and re-growth following periods of economic decline and offering practical, real life examples of strategies that have been successfully employed in local and regional economies across the US, this book is required reading for community planners and administrators, those currently working in public administration, and students studying regional planning or economic development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351369022
• Artikelnr.: 56843011

Autorenporträt

Gerald L. Gordon is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Authority in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

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