Planning local economic development : theory and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Blakely, Edward J. (Edward James), 1938- (Author), Leigh, Nancey Green (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles : SAGE, [2017]
Edition:	6th edition.
Subjects:	Industrial promotion > United States. Community development > United States. Economic development. Promotion industrielle > États-Unis. Développement économique. economic development. Community development. Industrial promotion. United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Overview
1. The enduring argument for local economic development planning
2. The influence of national and state policies on local economic development
3. Concepts and theory of local economic development
4. The local economic development profession and professionals
5. The local economic development planning process
6. Introduction to analytical methods for local economic development planning
7. Local economic development strategy
8. Locality development
9. Business development
10. Human resource development
Community economic development
12. Building the implementation plan
13. Institutional approaches to local economic development
14. Local economic development planning's response to the flatter and climate-challenged world
Index
About the authors.