Understanding Your Economy
Understanding Your Economy

Author: Mary McLean

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-04

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1351177346

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Forward-looking communities have attained a competitive edge by strengthening clusters of related and supporting industries, not courting individual firms. How will your community know which clusters to strengthen as it negotiates this fundamental shift in development strategy? This book shows you how to conduct local economic analysis to support such strategic planning decisions. You'll learn how to use basic economic analysis techniques to analyze changes in the local economy and evaluate the signifigance of these changes for economic development policy. They show how to structure an analysis; assess local economic performance; analyze the structure and dynamics of a local economy; evaluate local growth prospects; assess local human resources; evaluate nonlabor resources; and link analysis to strategic planning. Understanding Your Economy also includes a summary of data series and sources that will trim hours from your search for information necessary to conduct your analysis. Understanding Your Economy does not assume an extensive background in statistics or data management. It can serve as a stand-alone manual for anyone who wants to learn more about the functions and dynamics of an area's economy.

Urban Economic Analysis
Urban Economic Analysis

Author: Werner Zvi Hirsch

Publisher: New York ; Montreal : McGraw-Hill

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

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USA. Textbook on the economic analysis of urban areas and the economics of urbanization - covers urban land use and housing markets, urban transport markets, labour markets, aspects of urban macroeconomics, urban public finance, the cost benefit analysis of public services, some aspects of urban development and urban renewal, etc. References and statistical tables.

Metropolitan Chicago
Metropolitan Chicago

Author: Ezra Solomon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-06

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780260383051

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Excerpt from Metropolitan Chicago: An Economic Analysis The present series continues a publication program which the Graduate School of Business inaugurated in 1916. During World War I, the School (then known as the School Of Commerce and Administration) sponsored a series called Materials for the Study of Business, designed for the purpose Of organizing the business curriculum into a coherent whole. Under the editorship of Dean Leon Carroll Marshall and Dean William Homer Spencer, over fifty titles were published through the University of Chicago Press, many of which have become classics in the field. Among these are. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Metropolitan Revolution
The Metropolitan Revolution

Author: Bruce Katz

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-06-19

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0815721528

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Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders – mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists – are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they're investing in infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority, and equipping workers with the skills they need. In The Metropolitan Revolution, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight success stories and the people behind them. · New York City: Efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy · Portland: Is selling the "sustainability" solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world · Northeast Ohio: Groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes · Houston: Modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder · Miami: Innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations · Denver and Los Angeles: Leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises · Boston and Detroit: Innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century The lessons in this book can help other cities meet their challenges. Change is happening, and every community in the country can benefit. Change happens where we live, and if leaders won't do it, citizens should demand it. The Metropolitan Revolution was the 2013 Foreword Reviews Bronze winner for Political Science.

Understanding Your Economy
Understanding Your Economy

Author: Mary L. McLean

Publisher: American Planning Association

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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Forward-looking communities have attained a competitive edge by strengthening clusters of related and supporting industries, not courting individual firms. How will your community know which clusters to strengthen as it negotiates this fundamental shift in development strategy? This book shows you how to conduct local economic analysis to support such strategic planning decisions. You'll learn how to use basic economic analysis techniques to analyze changes in the local economy and evaluate the signifigance of these changes for economic development policy. They show how to structure an analysis; assess local economic performance; analyze the structure and dynamics of a local economy; evaluate local growth prospects; assess local human resources; evaluate nonlabor resources; and link analysis to strategic planning. Understanding Your Economy also includes a summary of data series and sources that will trim hours from your search for information necessary to conduct your analysis. Understanding Your Economy does not assume an extensive background in statistics or data management. It can serve as a stand-alone manual for anyone who wants to learn more about the functions and dynamics of an area's economy. It's also designed to serve as a text for a two-day seminar. It suggests a format for presenting the materials--and includes chapter summaries of key concepts as well as a guide to supplemental resources that will help instructors develop a successful workshop. Must-reading for all planners dealing with economic development. It is also an appropriate text for undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses in economics, public policy, and urban planning.

Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America
Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-10-10

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0309065534

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America's cities have symbolized the nation's prosperity, dynamism, and innovation. Even with the trend toward suburbanization, many central cities attract substantial new investment and employment. Within this profile of health, however, many urban areas are beset by problems of economic disparity, physical deterioration, and social distress. This volume addresses the condition of the city from the perspective of the larger metropolitan region. It offers important, thought-provoking perspectives on the structure of metropolitan-level decisionmaking, the disadvantages faced by cities and city residents, and expanding economic opportunity to all residents in a metropolitan area. The book provides data, real-world examples, and analyses in key areas: Distribution of metropolitan populations and what this means for city dwellers, suburbanites, whites, and minorities. How quality of life depends on the spatial structure of a community and how problems are based on inequalities in spatial opportunityâ€"with a focus on the relationship between taxes and services. The role of the central city today, the rationale for revitalizing central cities, and city-suburban interdependence. The book includes papers that provide in-depth examinations of zoning policy in relation to patterns of suburban development; regionalism in transportation and air quality; the geography of economic and social opportunity; social stratification in metropolitan areas; and fiscal and service disparities within metropolitan areas.