Globalization, Planning and Local Economic Development - 9781138810303

Taylor & Francis

Globalization, Planning and Local Economic DevelopmentAuthor(s): Andrew Beer, Terry L. Clower\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138810303, 978-1138810303\nSynopsis\nThis textbook looks at economic development at the local, community or regional scale. It provides students with a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thinking about locally-based economic development, how growth can be planned and how that development can be realized.\n\nGlobalization, Planning and Local Economic Development: Provides students with a thorough understanding of current debates around local and regional development and how that body of work can assist them in helping communities grow;\n Equips students with a toolkit of strategies that enable them to both plan for development and deliver that development through their professional lives; \n Offers a roadmap for economic development that helps students make sense of place-based dev.