Understanding Community Economic Growth and Decline: Strategies for Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9781138556249 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 364 str.

Gerald L. Gordon

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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