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Blakely Edward J

Planning local economic development: Theory and practice - London Sage Publications 1994 - 342p

0-8039-5209-0


Industrial promotion in United States. .
Community development in United States.
Economic development.
Argument for taking local economic development initiatives : Employment options, rural/small town dimension, firm migration and reorganization
National policy options and local economic development- imperfect solutions to local problems : National industrual policy debate, monetary and tax policy, welfare and social policy, employment and training policy, trade policy, regional/local development policy, national economic development policy, community types and opportunities
Meaning of local economic development : Theories of growth and development, synthetic theory of local economic development
Local economic development planning process : Typology of planning approaches
Analytical techniques for local economic development : Data collection and analysis
Selecting a local economic development strategy
Locality development : Land banking and community land trusts, physical infrastructure development on industrial and commercial land, speculative building, zoning regulations, tourism planning, townscaping, shopsteading, housing and neighbourhood improvement, community service
Business development : Good business climate, one step centre, start-up and venture financing companies and development banks, small business development centres, group marketing systems, women's enterprises, promotion and tourism programs, micro enterprises, enterprise zones, entrepreneur development activities
Human resource development : Customized training, first source agreement, employment maintenance, skill banks, training programs, self employment initiatives, disabled skills development
Community- based economic and employment development : Community development corporations, community cooperatives, local enterprise agencies, employee/workers ownership, targeting and marketing neighbourhood/ community assets
Preparing a detailed project plan : Detailed feasibility studies, organizational design, developing monitoring and evaluation programs
Institutional approaches for local economic development : Organizational requirements for local development, public-private partnership
High-technology economic development strategy : Soft infrastructure
Local economic development profession and professionals

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