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| Preface | |
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| Overview | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Enduring Argument for Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| Local Economic Development Planning in the Face of Globalization | |
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| The Influence of Outsourcing and Insourcing | |
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| People and Places Left Out of the New Economy | |
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| The Future of Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| The Influence of National and State Policies on Local Economic Development | |
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| Three Approaches to National Economic Policy | |
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| Monetary and Tax Policy | |
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| Trade Policy | |
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| Welfare to Workfare Policy | |
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| Health-Care Policy | |
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| Employment Policy | |
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| National Policy Targeting Local Economic Development | |
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| Coordination of Local and National Development Efforts | |
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| State Economic Development Approaches | |
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| Challenges and Opportunities Inherent in Economic Development Policy Making | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Concepts and Theory of Local Economic Development | |
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| Defining Local Economic Development | |
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| Theories of Growth and Development | |
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| Translating Theory Into Practice | |
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| Theories, Models, and Fads In Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| The Continued Evolution of Economic Development Theory Into Local Practice | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| The Local Economic Development Profession and Professionals | |
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| The Role of the Economic Development Practitioner | |
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| The Task Functions | |
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| The Clients | |
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| The Professional Roles | |
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| Economic Development Careers | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| The Local Economic Development Planning Process | |
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| Preliminary Tasks of Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| The Six Phases of Planning | |
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| Managing Planning Resources in the Community | |
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| Selecting a Local Economic Development Role | |
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| Typology of Planning Approaches | |
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| Features of Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Putting It All Together: Creating a Local Economic Development Strategy (Part I) | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Introduction to Analytical Methods for Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| Information and Analytical Requirements for Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| Understanding an Economy's Strengths and Weaknesses | |
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| The Economic Profile | |
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| Building On Comparisons | |
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| Gathering Available Descriptive Data | |
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| Occupational Data | |
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| Employer Reports | |
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| Examining Analytical Techniques | |
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| Principles of Economic Projections | |
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| How Do Changes Multiply Through the Economy? | |
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| Identifying Industrial Clusters: The Most Important Parts of the Local Economy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Putting It All Together: Creating a Local Economic Development Strategy (Part II) | |
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| Note | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Local Economic Development Strategy | |
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| The Goals of Local Economic Development | |
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| Prerequisites for Successful Strategy Formulation | |
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| Selecting Strategic Options | |
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| Economic Development Plans Within the Context of Comprehensive Plans | |
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| Common Traps In Strategy Formulation | |
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| Assembling the Elements of a Strategy | |
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| Projects from Strategies | |
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| Plan Financing and Implementation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Locality Development | |
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| The Link Between Economic Development and Urban Design | |
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| Landbanking and Community Land Trusts | |
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| Physical Infrastructure Development on Industrial and Commercial Land | |
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| Speculative Buildings | |
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| Zoning Regulations | |
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| Business Improvement Districts | |
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| Regulatory Improvement Through Simplification | |
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| Townscaping | |
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| Shopsteading | |
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| Housing and Neighborhood Improvement | |
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| Household Services | |
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| Community Services | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Business Development | |
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| Creating a Good Business Climate | |
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| Entrepreneur Development and Economic Gardening | |
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| One-Stop Business Assistance Centers | |
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| Start-Up and Venture Financing Companies and Development Banks | |
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| Small Business Development Centers | |
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| Micro-Enterprise | |
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| Women's Enterprises | |
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| Promotion and Tourism Programs | |
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| Research and Development | |
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| Enterprise Zones | |
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| The Use of Financial Incentives for Business Development | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Human Resource Development | |
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| Workforce Development | |
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| Realities of an Undertrained Workforce | |
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| Public Role in Workforce Development | |
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| Goals of Human Resource Programs | |
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| Matching Human Resource Programs and Economic Development Objectives | |
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| Education as the Foundation of Human Resource Development | |
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| Implementing a Human Resource Development Strategy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Community Economic Development | |
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| Community Development Corporations | |
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| Community Cooperatives | |
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| Local Enterprise Agencies | |
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| Employee/Worker Ownership | |
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| LEED-ND | |
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| Targeting and Marketing Neighborhood/Community Assets | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Building the Implementation Plan | |
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| Public-Private Partnerships | |
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| Marketing Community | |
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| Project Financing | |
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| Assessing Project Viability | |
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| Sustainability Analysis | |
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| Detailed Feasibility Analysis | |
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| Cash Flowanalysis | |
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| Project Sustainability | |
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| Organizational Design | |
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| Monitoring And Evaluation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References And Suggested Readings | |
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| Institutional Approaches to Local Economic Development | |
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| Organizational Requirements For Local Development | |
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| Public-Private Partnerships | |
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| The Economic Development Specialist | |
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| Institutional Approaches To Local Economic Development | |
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| A Typology Of Development Organizations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References And Suggested Readings | |
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| Local Economic Development Planning's Response to the Flatter and Climate-Challenged World | |
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| Finding Solutions Through Technology and Innovation | |
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| The Technology Development Process | |
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| Fostering The Advanced-Technology Community | |
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| Advanced Manufacturing and Clean Technology | |
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| Resiliency in Local Economic Development | |
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| Local Economic Development Planning for Resiliency | |
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| Conclusion: The Future of Local Economic Development Planning | |
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| References and Suggested Readings | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |