History, Concepts and Politics of Local & Regional Economic Development |
Jan 8: Course Introduction |
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Jan 13: History, Concepts and Politics I |
Richardson, Harry. 1979. “Introduction,” Regional Economics. pp.17-37. [c-tools]
Krugman, Paul. "Localization," in Geography and Trade. Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press, 1991, pp. 35-67. [Library reserves]
Glaeser, Edward L. "Why Economists Still Like Cities." City Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1996, pp. 70-77. [Library reserves]
Flammang, R. A. 1979. “Economic growth and economic development: Counterparts or competitors?” Economic Development and Cultural Change 28, 47-62 [c-tools "Resource" section] |
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Jan 15: History, Concepts and Politics II |
Wolman, Harold, and David Spitzley. "The Politics of Local Economic Development." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 2, May 1996, pp. 115-150. [Library reserves]
Fitzgerald, Joan and Nancey Green Leigh. 2002. “Introduction” and “Redefining the Field of Local Economic Development.” In Economic Revitalization: Cases and Strategies for City and Suburb. London: Sage Publications. [c-tools]
Mier, Robert. Metaphors of Economic Development, in Bingham, Richard D., and Robert Mier, eds. 1993. Theories of Local Economic Development. Newbury Park: Sage. (Chapter 14, pp. 284-304). [c-tools] |
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Jan 20: Social Justice and Economic Development I |
Putnam, Robert D. "The Prosperous Community: Social Capital and Public Life." The American Prospect, Vol. 4, No. 13, March 21, 1993, pp. 35-42. [Library reserves]
Sugrue, Thomas J. 1998. The Origins of the Urban Crisis. Princeton: Princeton Univ Press. (Ch 5) [c-tools "Resource" section]
Juzhong, Zhuang. 2008. Inclusive Growth toward a Harmonious Society in the People's Republic of China: Policy Implications. Asian Development Review 25 (1/2):22. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Sen, Amartya Kumar. 1999. Development as freedom. 1st. ed. New York: Knopf. (Ch. 2). [c-tools "Resource" section] |
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Jan 22: Social Justice and Economic Development II - the debate over inner-city revitalization |
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Porter, Michael. "New Strategies for Inner-City Economic Development." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1, February 1997, pp. 11-27. [Library reserves]
Harrison, Bennett and Amy K. Glasmeier "Response: Why Business Alone Won't Redevelop the Inner City: A Friendly Critique of Michael Porter's Approach to Urban Revitalization." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1, February 1997, pp. 28-38. [Library reserves]
Blair, John P., and Michael C. Carroll. 2007. Inner-city neighborhoods and metropolitan development. Economic Development Quarterly 21 (3):263-277. [c-tools "Resource" section]
see also:
Savitch, H.V. et. al. “Ties that Bind: Central Cities, Suburbs, and the New Metropolitan Region” Economic Development Quarterly v. 7, n. 4 (Nov. 1993) [c-tools]
-> PLUS: short presentations/discussion of selected economic profiles (Assignment 1) |
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Jan 27: Sustainable Development |
Power, Thomas Michael. Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies: The Search for a Value of Place. Washington, D.C., Covelo, CA Island Press, 1996
• Ch. 1: "Thinking About the Local Economy" (pp. 7-28) [Library reserves] and
• Ch. 3. "Demystifying Local Economic Change" (57-88) [c-tools "Resource" section]
Nancey Green Leigh and Lynn M. Patterson, 2006. "Deconstructing to redevelop: a sustainable alternative to mechanical demolition," Journal of the American Planning Association 72.2 (Spring): pp. 217-25. [c-tools "Resource" section]
see also:
Campbell, S. 1996. “Green Cities, Growth Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development.” Journal of the American Planning Association. Vol. 62. No. 3. Pp. 296-312. [Library reserves]
John C. V. Pezzey, Michael A. Toman, "Making Sense of Sustainability" Resources for the Future Issue Brief 02-25 | August 2002 [link]
Blackman, Allen, "The Economics of Technology Diffusion: Implications for Sustainable Development" Resources for the Future Issue Brief 02-24 | August 2002 [link] |
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Jan 29: Guest speaker: Timothy Davis, Assistant Director of iLabs, University of Michigan - Dearborn School of Management |
"iLabs, Center for Innovation Research": The presentation will examine how UM-Dearborn (as a metropolitan university) is participating in regional economic development through various methods, including providing resources and conducting research studies. ILabs works with such groups as the MEDC, County ED agencies, Detroit Renaissance, local practitioners, and various businesses.
Links at the Center for Innovation Research (iLabs)
eCities
UM-Dearborn Innovation Index
Technology Climate Survey
Post-Graduate Expectations Survey
Economic Impact of Detroit Metropolitan Airport |
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SECTORS: Approaching Economic Development through INDUSTRIES (as a unit of analysis and policy) |
Feb 3: Introduction to Sectoral Analysis + Data Sources |
Chinitz, Benjamin. "Contrasts in Agglomeration: New York and Pittsburgh," in Readings in Urban Economics, edited by Matthew Edel and Jerome Rothenberg. New York: Macmillan Company, 1972, pp. 90-104. [Library reserves]
Markusen, Ann. 1994. Studying Regions by Studying Firms. The Professional Geographer 46 (4):477-490. [c-tools "Resource" section]
-> familiarize yourself with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). see this US Census overview, a useful FAQ and a set of issue papers. see also the Economic Census, including "Understanding the 2002 Economic Census"
here is an overview of US census data and geography (via my UP504 course page)
see also:
Sayer, Andrew and Kevin Morgan "A modern industry in a declining region: links between method, theory and policy" in The Politics of Method (London: Methuen, 1984) Ch 6 [c-tools]
Cortright, Joseph and Andrew Reamer. 1999. Socioeconomic Data for Understanding Your Regional Economy: A User's Guide. see, e.g., Data sources; Statistics for analyzing your economy; and Seven pitfalls of data analysis. (Chapters 2, 3, 8). [link] |
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Feb 5: Economic Base, Multipliers, Location Quotients |
Tiebout, Charles M. "Exports and Regional Economic Growth." Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 64, No. 2, April 1956, pp. 160-164. [Library reserves]
North, Douglass C. "Location Theory and Regional Economic Growth." Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 63, No. 3, June 1955, pp. 243-258. [Library reserves]
Davis, H. Craig “Economic Base Analysis” Regional Impact Analysis and Project Evaluation, Chapter 2 [Library reserves]
Isserman, Andrew M. 2000. Economic base studies for urban and regional planning. Pp. 174-193 In Rodwin and Sanyal, eds. The Profession of City Planning: Changes, Images, and Challenges, 1950-2000. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research. [Library reserves]
Stevens, Benjamin and Lahr, Michael. 1988. “Regional Economic Multipliers: Definition, Measurement, and Application.” EDQ 2,1: 88-96. [c-tools "Resource" section]
see also:
Edward M. Bergman and Edward J. Feser, Industrial and Regional Clusters: Concepts and Comparative Applications: (section on Location Quotients)
William A. Schaffer, Regional Impact Models. see Chapter 2: Regional Models of Income Determination: Simple Economic-Base Theory (on multipliers and location quotients)
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Feb 10: Shift-Share and the Analysis of Industrial Mix note: readings revised |
Edgar M. Hoover and Frank Giarratani, An Introduction to Regional Economics [a classic text, updated]. see Appendix 12-1 The Shift-Share Analysis of Components of Regional Activity Growth. (The Web Book of Regional Science, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University).
Günter Krumme's useful web site on shift-share analysis
Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Tool 4. Shift-Share Analysis Helps Identify Local Growth Engines (College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension, Penn State)
see also:
Loveridge, Scott. "A Practical Approach to Shift-Share Analysis" Journal of Community Development Society (26, 1) 1995, pp. 111-124 [c-tools "Resource" section]
"Shift Share Analysis" (NYEcon)
SHIFT-SHARE TECHNIQUE (Florida State)
Scranton, Philip "Beyond Anecdotes and Aggregates: The Pattern of Industrial Decline in Philadelphia Textiles, 1916-1931" Antipode 18: 3 (1986) [c-tools]
Kingsley E. Haynes, Mustafa Dinc, Productivity change in manufacturing regions: a multifactor/shift-share approach. Growth and Change, Spring 1997 v28 n2 p201-221. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Banasick, Shawn and Hanham, Robert (2008), Regional Decline of Manufacturing Employment in Japan during an
Era of Prolonged Stagnation, Regional Studies,42:4,489-503. [c-tools "Resource" section]
not yet posted:
Barff, Richard and Prentice L. Knight III. "Dynamic Shift-Share Analysis" Growth and Change. April 1, 1988 [add link]
Hewings, Geoffrey J.D. Regional Input-Output Analysis (Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1985) pp. 1-66
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Feb 12: Economic Geography, Location Theory and Theories of Firm Location |
Alonso, William. "Location Theory," in Regional Policy. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1975, pp. 35-63. [Library reserves]
Nelson, Arthur C. et. al. “Exurban Industrialization: Implications for Economic Development Policy” Economic Development Quarterly 9, 2 (May 1995) [Library reserves]
Carlson, Virginia L. "Identifying Neighborhood Businesses: a Comparison of Business Listings." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1, February 1995, pp. 50-59. [Library reserves]
see also:
Edgar M. Hoover and Frank Giarratani, An Introduction to Regional Economics (on-line edition) |
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Feb 17: High Technology and Innovation I: Silicon Valley and Research Triangle Park (NC) |
Saxenian, AnnaLee. The Limits of Autarky: Regional Networks and Industrial Adaptation in Silicon Valley and Route 128. (Prepared for HUD Roundtable on Regionalism sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, Dec 8-9, 1994.) html
Saxenian, AnnaLee. Creating a Twentieth Century Technical Community: Frederick Terman‘s Silicon Valley. Paper prepared for inaugural symposium on The Inventor and the Innovative Society, The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution: November 10-11, 1995. html
Havlick, David and Scott Kirsch. A Production Utopia? RTP and the North Carolina Research Triangle Southeastern Geographer; Nov 2004; 44 (2): 263-277. [c-tools "Resource" section]
web resources:
Silicon Valley
History and Internet
History
Chronology
of the Personal computer (from Fire
in the Valley)
Jeff Goodell, "The
Venture Capitalist in My Bedroom" New York Times
TechWeek (a bi-weekly Silicon
Valley publication)
SiliconValley.com (San
Jose Mercury News)
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley
Network
City of San Jose,
Planning Division
Business
Week: "It Must be something in the water: Many regions have
tried to duplicate the Valley magic. None has succeeded" (8/25/97)
Stanford Alumni Magazine: the
rise of Hewlitt-Packard; Terman's
push for more govt funding at Stanford;
Siliconia (a web page
devoted to all the Silicon Valley spin-offs around the world)
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Feb 19: High Technology and Innovation II - Clusters |
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Doeringer, Peter B., and David G. Terkla "Business Strategy and Cross-Industry Clusters." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1995, pp. 225-237.
Held, James R. "Clusters as an Economic Development Tool: Beyond the Pitfalls." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3, August 1996, pp. 249-261. [Library reserves]
Feser, Edward J. and Michael I. Luger "Cluster Analysis as a Mode of Inquiry: Its Use in Science and Technology Policymaking in North Carolina." European Planning Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2003, pp. 11-24. [Library reserves]
Held, James R. 1996. Clusters as an economic development tool: Beyond the pitfalls. Economic Development Quarterly 10, 3: 249-261. [Library reserves]
see also:
Karen Chapple, Ann Markusen, Greg Schrock, Daisaku Yamamoto and Pingkang Yu, 2004, Gauging Metropolitan "High-Tech" and "I-Tech" Activity, Economic Development Quarterly 18 (1): 10-29. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Morfessis, Ioanna. "A Cluster Analytic Approach to Identifying and Developing State Target Industries: The Case of Arizona". Economic Development Review. Spring 1994. [c-tools]
E. Bergman and E. Feser. Industrial and Regional Clusters, chapters 3-4 |
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PEOPLE: Occupations, Labor Markets, Workforce Development |
Mar 3: Occupational Analysis |
Beauregard, Robert A. 1999. “The Employment Fulcrum: Evaluating Local Economic Performance.” Economic Development Quarterly. Vol. 13. No. 1. Pp. 8-14. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Markusen, Ann. “Targeting Occupations in Regional and Community Economic Development.” 2004. Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 70, No. 3: 253-268. [link]
Elisa Barbour and Ann Markusen. "Regional Occupational and Industrial Structure: Does the One Imply the Other?" 2007. International Regional Science Review, Vol. 30, No. 1:1-19. [link]
see also:
Angel, David P. "The Labor Market for Engineers in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry" Economic Geography, Vol. 65, No. 2, April 1989, pp. 99-112. [Library reserves] |
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Mar 5 -- NO CLASS |
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Mar 10: Workforce Development |
Harper-Anderson, Elsie, “Measuring the Connection Between Workforce Development and Economic Development: Examining the Role of Sector-Based Strategies for Local Outcomes,” Economic Development Quarterly 22(2), 2008. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Bosworth, Brian R., et. al. Using Regional Economic Analysis in Urban Jobs Strategies. Carrboro, NC: Regional Technology Strategies, February 1997. [Library reserves] (Note: a LONG document; read selectively, e.g., the section on "Thinking Strategically About Your Regional Labor Market," pp. 34-42.)
Ranney, David C. and John J. Betancur. 1992. "Labor-Force-Based Development: A Community-Oriented Approach to Targeting Job Training and Industrial Development." Economic Development Quarterly 6,3: 286-96. [c-tools]
Mathur, V. K. 1999. “Human capital-based strategy for regional economic development.” Economic Development Quarterly 13: 203-216 [c-tools] |
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Mar 12: Demography, Labor Migration, Displacement |
Tiebout, Charles M. "A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures." Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 64, No. 5, October 1956, pp. 416-424. [Library reserves]
Frey, William H. Immigration and Internal Migration "Flight from US Metropolitan Areas: Toward a New Demographic Balkanization." Urban Studies, Vol. 32, No. 4-5, May 1995, pp. 733-757. [Library reserves]
Florida, Richard. 2002. Bohemia and economic geography, Journal of Economic Geography 2 (Jan): 55-71. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Florida, Richard. 2009. How the Crash will Reshape America. The Atlantic Monthly; March. [online]
see also:
Myers, Dowell and Lee Menifee . "Population Analysis," in The Practice of Local Government Planning, 3rd edition, edited by Charles J. Hoch, Linda C. Dalton and Frank S. So International City/County Management Association, 2000, pp. 61-86. [Library reserves]
excerpts from Bill Bishop, The Big Sort [link]
links:
US Census:Geographical Mobility/Migration • Migration Data and Reports • migration tables in the 2009 Statistical Abstract •
United Van Lines 2008 Migration Study
the American Moving & Storage Association
CS Monitor: "Patchwork Nation"
Andrea Coombes, Retirees Who Relocate Often Opt For Homes in Metropolitan Areas, Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2006. [link] |
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Programs / Policies |
Mar 17: Evolution and Structure of Economic Development Programs |
Clarke, Susan E., and Gary L. Gaile "The Next Wave: Postfederal Local Economic Development Strategies." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1992, pp. 187-198. [Library reserves]
Reese, Laura A., and Raymond A. Rosenfeld "Yes, But . . . : Questioning the Conventional Wisdom About Economic Development." Economic Development Quarterly , Vol. 15, No. 4, November 2001, pp. 299-312.[Library reserves]
Reed, Christine et. al. "Assessing Readiness for Economic Development Strategic Planning" APA Journal Autumn 1987. [Library reserves]
Hill, Edward W. 1998. Principles for rethinking the federal government's role in economic development. Economic Development Quarterly v11 (n4):p299(14). [c-tools "Resource" section] |
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Mar 19: Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and Business Improvement Districts (BID) |
Stephen Malpezzi, "Local Economic Development and Its Finance: An Introduction,"in White, Sammis B., Richard D. Bingham, and Edward W. Hill, eds. 2003. Financing Economic Development in the 21st Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Rachel Weber, "Tax Incremental Financing in Theory and Practice," in White, Sammis B., Richard D. Bingham, and Edward W. Hill, eds. 2003. Financing Economic Development in the 21st Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. [c-tools "Resource" section]
Steiner, Frederick and Kent Butler. "Economic and Real Estate Development," (Sectiona on capital improvement, pp 401-2 and TIFs, pp. 403-5) in Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007, pp. 401-2. [Library reserves]
Mitchell, Jerry. "Business Improvement Districts and the 'New' Revitalization of Downtown." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2, May 2001, pp. 115-123. [Library reserves]
see also:
Michigan Department of Treasury: Tax Increment Financing
Neighborhood Capital Budget Group on TIFs
Citizens Research Council of Michigan: 2007 Survey of Economic Development Programs in Michigan (see section on tax increment financing)
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Mar 24: Enterprise Zones, Innovation Centers, MegaProjects |
Boarnet, Marion G. "Enterprise Zones and Job Creation: Linking Evaluations and Practice." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2001, pp. 242-254. [Library reserves]
Steiner, Frederick and Kent Butler. "Economic and Real Estate Development," (Section on financing) in Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007, pp. 406-14. [Library reserves]
Altshuler, Alan A., and David Luberoff "Mega-Projects and Urban Theory," in Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment. Washington, D.C.; Cambridge, MA Brookings Institution Press; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2003, pp. 45-75. [Library reserves]
see also:
Nelson, Arthur C. "Prosperity or Blight? A Question of Major League Stadia Locations." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3, August 2001, pp. 255-265. [Library reserves]
Storper, Michael. "The Limits to Globalization: Technology Districts and International Trade," in The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy. New York: Guilford Press, 1997, pp. 195-220. [Library reserves]
Zook, Matthew A. The Knowledge Brokers: Venture Capitalists, Tacit Knowledge and Regional Development. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Sep 2004. Vol. 28, Iss. 3; pg. 621-41. [c-tools "Resource" section]
David E. Arnstein, Venture Capital, in White, Sammis B., Richard D. Bingham, and Edward W. Hill, eds. 2003. Financing Economic Development in the 21st Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. [c-tools "Resource" section]
links:
National Venture Capital Association
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EVALUATION - What works, what doesn't, and why |
Mar 26: Economic Development Evaluation: Techniques and Examples I |
Rubin, Herbert J. "Shoot Anything That Flies; Claim Anything That Falls: Conversations With Economic Development Practitioners." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1988, pp. 236-251. [Library reserves]
Reese, Laura and David Fasenfest ("What Works Best...") and Daniel C. Knudsen ("Rejoinder...") "What Works Best?: Values and the Evaluation of Local Economic Development Policy" and "Rejoinder: Values, Valuation and Evaluation: Limits of Theory on Practice, ." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3, August 1997, pp. 195-211. [Library reserves]
Felsenstein, Daniel, and Joseph Persky. "When Is a Cost Really a Benefit? Local Welfare Effects and Employment Creation in the Evaluation of Economic Development Programs." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 1, February 1999, pp. 46-54. [Library reserves]
Stone, Kenneth G. Impact of Walmart Stores on Iowa Communities: 1983- 1993, Economic Development Review, Vol. 13, #2 (Spring 1995), 60-69. [c-tools "Resource" section] |
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Mar 31: Economic Development Evaluation: Techniques and Examples II (ports, ARC, BMW) |
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Hall, Peter V. "We’d Have to Sink the Ships: Impact Studies and the 2002 West Coast Port Lockout." Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4, November 2004, pp. 254-367. [Library reserves]
Isserman, Andrew and Terance Rephann. "The Economic Effects of the Appalachian Regional Commission: An Empirical Assessment of 26 Years of Regional Development Planning." Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 61, No. 3, Summer 1995, pp. 345-364. [Library reserves]
Case Study: BMW in Spartanburg
• The Economic Impact of BMW (U. of South Carolina Business School)
• community impacts: BMW site
• Bill King, Chief Editor, and Rachael Hedgcoth. 2003. 2003 TOP 50 U.S. CITIES FOR EUROPEAN EXPANSION: Spartanburg, S.C., Ranks No. 1: Survey of European manufacturing capital investment in the United States over the past two years reflects heavy investment by automotive industry. Expansion Management Online. June 1 [link]
• Jay Hancock,1999. "S.C. pays dearly for added jobs: South Carolina's economy was supposed to improve, but taxes exploded while services crumbled," Baltimore Sun, Originally published on Oct 12 1999. [link]
see also:
Davis, H. Craig Regional Economic Impact Analysis and Project Evaluation [preview via google book project]
BEA on Input-Output Analysis [link]
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PLACES: Strategies and examples of place-based development |
Apr 2: Case Studies I: Resilient Places, Re-Branding/Rebuilding Places/Place Marketing |
Orum, Anthony and Joe Feagin. “A Tale of Two Cases” in Feagin et. al., eds. A Case for the Case Study (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991) Ch.3. [Library reserves]
Foster, Kathryn A. "Snapping back: what makes regions resilient?." National Civic Review, Vol. 96, No. 3, Fall 2007, pp. 27-29. [Library reserves]
Judd, Dennis. "Promoting Tourism in US Cities." Tourism Management, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1995, pp. 175-187. [Library reserves]
Ward, Stephen V. 1998. Marketing Re-invested Cities (Ch. 9), in Selling Places: The Marketing and Promotion of Towns and Cities, 1850-2000. Routledge. [c-tools "Resource" section]
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Apr 7: Case Studies II: Economic Development in Detroit / Guest speaker: Malik Goodwin (Detroit Economic Growth Corporation) |
link:
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
readings:
John Gallagher, 2009. Farm could make Detroit hot spot for fresh foods, Detroit Free Press. APRIL 2, 2009 [link]
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Apr 9: Regional Economic Development: Metropolitan Areas and emerging Megaregions |
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter, "Business Coalitions as a Force for Regionalism," in Katz, Bruce, ed. 2000. Reflections on Regionalism. Washington, DC: Brookings. [link]
Markusen, A. 1999. Fuzzy concepts, scanty evidence, policy distance: The case for rigor and policy relevance in critical regional studies. Regional Studies 33,9: 869-884. [c-tools]
Scott, Allen J., John Agnew, Edward W. Soja, and Michael Storper "Global City-Regions," in Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy, edited by Scott, Allen J. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 11-30. [Library reserves]
links to regional agencies:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey • economic development
Appalachian Regional Commission
Metropolitan Council (Twin Cities)
and its GIS
The Metropolitan Area Research Corporation
(Myron Orfield)
Portland metropolitan government
regional councils of government (including SEMCOG, ABAG,
etc.), the National Association of Regional
Councils, and the Association of Metropolitan Planning
Organizations)
states as implicit regional planning agencies (e.g., the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth)
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FINAL Sessions: Presentations and Conclusions |
Apr 14: Presentations I |
Fanbu Shen, Jingning Yang, Lee Adams, Michael Glynn: New York City and Shanghai
Sarah Pavelko, Chelsea Burket, Angelo Podagrosi: Delray Neighborhood (Detroit) and Los Angeles neighborhood (with a focus on Community Benefits Agreements)
Heidi Kaplan, Rebecca Cohen: Detroit and Pittsburgh
Michael Patrick Combs, Joel Schanne: Depot Town Ypsi and Downtown Royal Oak
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Apr 16: Presentations II |
Greg Holman, Zack Hart: River Park Improvement Plan, Flint Michigan
Yong Sung Ahn: Garosu-Gil Street, Seoul and Apkujung-Rodeo, Seoul
Hiroshi Katagiri, Nuri Tartici: Seattle and Phoenix Metropolitan Areas
Brendan Moriarty, Elizabeth Stamberger: Denver and San Francisco |
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Apr 21: Final Class - Summary and Future Directions |
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