Understanding Community Economic Growth and Decline

Name: Understanding Community Economic Growth and Decline
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book presents a fully comprehensive look at what all communities\u2014large and small, urban and rural\u2014can do to grow and sustain their local economic bases. It examines the causes of economic decline for localities as well as the economic \u201Cproduct\u201D being marketed to employers, the process of growth, and the means of sustaining economic growth over time. Drawing on the experiences of hundreds of communities and hundreds of leaders around the United States, Understanding Community Economic Growth and Decline outlines the various strategies that have or have not worked to enable or support a general local economic recovery. Exploring many facets of growth and re-growth following periods of economic decline, and offering practical, real-life tactics that have been successfully employed in local and regional economies across the US, this book is required reading for community planners and administrators, those currently working in public administration, and students s.