Local economic development: analysis, practices, and globalization
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Main Author: Blair, John P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks SAGE Publications 2009
Edition:2nd ed
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Online Access:Volltext
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Local economies are the building blocks for national ones. An updated and expansive core text, the Second Edition of Local Economic Development: Analysis, Practices, and Globalization provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of local economic development. Delving into cutting-edge topics such as cluster analysis, creative class orientation, competitive advantage, social capital, business expansion and retention, and learning regions, this clearly written interdisciplinary text connects theories with real-life examples and offers the reader pragmatic tools for future application
Local economic development in a global market -- Business location, expansion, and retention -- Markets, urban systems, and local development -- Economic interdependence and local structure -- Regional growth and development -- Additional tools for regional analysis -- Institutionalist perspectives on local development -- Local economic development in a flattening world -- Land use -- Housing and neighborhood development -- Poverty and lagging regions -- Local governance, finance, and regional integration -- Planning, future studies, and development policy
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (329 p.)
ISBN:9781452244877
1452244871

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