Community Economic Development

ISBN-13: 9780415634090 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 176 str.

Rhonda G. Phillips; Terry Besser

Opis

The role of economic development in communities is multi-faceted, having an array of impacts and implications. This volume explores the relationships between economic development and community development, focusing on the aspects that impact communities such as social capital, participation, and business development.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Rhonda Phillips and Terry L. Besser  2. Achieving Sustainable Economic Development in Communities  Ron Shaffer  3. Gleaners, Do-Gooders, and Balers: Options for Linking Sustainability and Economic Development  Ted Bradshaw and Karri Winn  4. The Community and Economic Development Chain: Validating the Links Between Processes and Outcomes  Robert Pittman, Evan Pittman and Rhonda Phillips  5. Economic Development in the Nonmetropolitan West: The Influence of Built, Natural, and Social Capital  Jessica Crowe  6. Development of Last Resort: The Impact of New State Prisons on Small Town Economies in the United States  Terry L. Besser and Margaret M. Hanson  7. Chain stores and local economies: a case study of a rural county in New York  Stephen Halebsky  8. Micro Businesses as an Economic Development Tool: What They Bring and What They Need  Glenn Muske and Michael Woods  9. Citizen Participation in Nonprofit Economic Development Organizations  Daniel Monroe Sullivan  10. Community Development Corporations as Vehicles of Community Economic Development: The Case of Rural Manitoba  Kenneth C. Bessant

O autorze

Rhonda G. Phillips, Ph.D., AICP, CEcD is a professor, a planner and community economic developer whose work fosters innovative development approaches. Her research and service outreach includes assessing community well-being and quality-of-life outcomes. She holds professional certifications in both economic development and planning. Terry L. Besser, Ph.D. is a professor of rural sociology. Her research focuses on rural economic vitality, social capital, business networks, and business social responsibility. Most recently she has examined these topics for rural prairie towns experiencing dramatic increases in Hispanic immigration.