Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice - Softcover

Blakely, Edward J.; Leigh, Nancey G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412960932 ISBN 13: 9781412960939

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Since the appearance of the first edition in 1990, Planning Local Economic Development has become the foundation for an entire generation of planners and academics teaching planning. Building on the success of its predecessors, the Fourth Edition continues to explore the theories of local economic development and address the dilemmas communities face. The authors investigate planning processes, analytical techniques, business and human resource development, as well as high-technology economic development strategies. Written by authors with many years of academic, regional, and city planning experience, this book will prove invaluable to professors of economic development, urban studies, and public administration. Economic development specialists in local and municipal government, as well as nonprofit organizations, will also find this an essential reference.

New to the Fourth Edition:

- Completely revised and updated with current research

- Provides more guidance oriented to third world readers

- Includes more on issues of urban sustainability such as energy and brown field development

- Contains added material on the redesign of neighborhoods for sustainable purposes to include new firms and recycling techniques and technologies as new economic engines

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Edward J. Blakely is Professor of Urban Policy in the United States Study Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has held academic positions in teaching, research, academic administration, and economic development policy for more than 30 years, including Dean of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy and Dean of the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning, and Development. He is a leading scholar and practitioner in the fields of planning and local economic development. Dr. Blakely served as a policy adviser to the mayor of Oakland and adviser to the Los Angeles Public School District. He was appointed by President Clinton as Vice Chair of the Presidio Trust, where he played a key role in the development of the former army base into a profitable civic facility. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Planning Association, the Nature Conservancy, and Fulbright Association. In January 2007, Dr. Blakely was appointed by the Mayor of New Orleans to head the recovery effort following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1412960932
• ISBN 13: 9781412960939
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 464