Understanding community economic growth and decline : strategies for sustainable development /
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; About the Author; Preface; Introduction; Part I 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 II 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 Economies8 Over-Dependence on a Single Company or a Single Industry: Case Studies; Part III 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 IV Enhancing the Local "Product"; 12 Preparing and Selling the Product; 13 Physical Requisites for Economic Development; 14 Matching Communities to Optimal Business Development: The "Right Kinds" of Jobs; 15 Institutional Growth and Economic Development
- 16 Building Amenities to Drive Growth17 Rural Communities and Small Town Economic Development; Part V 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 to 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 VI Sinclair Lewis Redux: It Can Happen Here26 Preparing Communities for Economic Development; 27 Conclusions and Actions/Recommendations; Index