Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice (Paperback)

by Edward J. Blakely (Author), Ted K. Bradshaw (Author) "The United States has emerged from the recession of the 1980s and early 1990s, one of the most traumatic economic experiences since the Great Depression,..." (more)
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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 Third Edition continues to explore the theories of local economic development and address the dilemmas communities face. Blakely and Bradshaw investigate planning processes, analytical techniques, business and human resource development, as well as high-technology economic development strategies. Written by academics with many years of 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 this Edition:

• Case studies, illustrations, and exercises demonstrate how each theory can be employed in a real-world setting
• Sample resource materials facilitate the development and design of program plans
• New arguments for implementing local economic development initiatives
• Thoroughly updated to reflect the financial boom of the 1990s and subsequent collapse, the policies of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, and the aftermath of September 11

About the Author

Dr. Edward J. Blakely is Executive Director of Recovery Management for the City of New Orleans.  Formerly, he was Dean of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University, and Lusk Professor of Planning and Development for the School of Urban Planning and Development at the University of Southern California (1994-1999). He has also served as Professor and Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley (1986-1994). Dr. Blakely has held academic positions in teaching, research, academic administration, and policy development for more than twenty-five years. He is a leading scholar in the fields of planning, infrastructure, transportation and local economic development.

At three multi-campus universities, he has forged new relationships among the university, public and private sectors in the region while holding senior administrative responsibilities. He has also held senior positions at Pacific Telephone company (1960-65) and as a U.S. foreign service officer (1969-71).

Dr Blakely served as a policy advisor to the mayor of Oakland and advisor to the Los Angeles Public School District. In addition, he serves on a number of task forces and commissions at the local, state, national and international levels. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Planning Association, the Nature Conservancy, and the Board of Directors of Environmental Science Associates and SE Corporation (private firms). He held an elected position on the University of California Academic Senate Committees. Dr. Blakely was a Senior Fulbright Fellow (1985-86), and received the 1990 San Francisco Foundation Award for improving community life in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, he was President of the Pacific Rim Council on Urban Development (1993) and remains on the Board of Directors. He was appointed by President Clinton as Vice Chair of the Presidio Trust to serve a two-year term (1997-1999).

From 1977-84, Dr. Blakely was Assistant Vice President of Systemwide Administration for the University of California. In this capacity, he managed the University's faculty and academic personnel and policy system for more than 14,000 University of California academic employees. He has been an advisor to local and regional governments in Korea, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Vietnam.

Dr. Blakely is the author of four books and more than 100 scholarly articles. His publications include Fortress America with Mary Gail Snyder (Brookings Press, 1997); Separate Societies: Poverty and Inequality in U.S. Cities (Temple University Press, 1992), Planning Local Economic Development Theory and Practice (Sage, 1989), and Rural Communities in Advanced Industrial Society (Praeger, 1979). His articles include "Room for Whom: Change in the Central Valley" (1990), "Theoretical Approaches for a Global Community" (1989), and "Shaping the American Dream: Landuse Choices for America's Future" (1993). His work is widely cited and he was co-recipient of the Paul Davidoff Award (1993) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1994). Dr. Blakely has extensive experience in Europe and Africa as well as his background in Asia. 

Ted Bradshaw studies:

Community and Regional Policy and Planning with particular emphasis on California, Alternative Growth Scenarios in the Central Valley, and Community Strategies for Dealing with Military Base Closures, Super Energy Efficient Housing.

Ted Bradshaw teaches:

Community Development (CRD 152)
Community Economic Development (CRD 156)
Community Development Theory (CRD 240)

Selected Publications:

Bradshaw, Ted K. (1994). Defense industry conversion, base closure, and the California economy : critical issues for a statewide strategy / by Ted Bradshaw ... [et al.]. [Berkeley] : Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California at Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business.

Bradshaw, Ted K. (1995). Defense industry conversion, base closure, and the California economy : critical issues for a statewide strategy / Ted Bradshaw, et al. [Berkeley] : University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Urban and Regional Development.

Bradshaw, Ted K. (1989). The elusiveness of rural development theory and practice : domestic and third world perspectives joined / Ted K. Bradshaw. Berkeley, CA : Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Bradshaw, Ted K. (1992). Growth control and the failure of planning / by Ted K. Bradshaw. IN: California policy choices. Vol. 8.

Bradshaw, Ted K. (1992). In the shadow of urban growth : bifurcation in rural California communities / Ted K. Bradshaw. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Urban and Regional Development.
 

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; Third Edition edition (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761924582
• ISBN-13: 978-0761924586
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
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