Micropolitan Development
Author: Luther G. Tweeten
Publisher: Ames : Iowa State University Press
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780813818504
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Luther G. Tweeten
Publisher: Ames : Iowa State University Press
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780813818504
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Luther G. Tweeten
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1976-09-01
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780813824857
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Bienvenido S. Cortes
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 14
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A micropolitan statistical area is defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce as “A core based statistical area associated with at least one urban cluster that has a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000.” Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau also identified the micropolitan area as an “emerging metropolitan area.” Despite its growing importance, the literature on the economic characteristics of micropolitan areas so far has been limited. The objectives of this study are: (1) to describe the geographic distribution, growth, and volatility of the U.S. micropolitan areas during the 1969-2012 period; and (2) to identify and measure the determinants of growth and volatility of micropolitan areas. Findings show that micropolitan area growth is dependent on sectoral composition, initial market size, and spatial/locational effects.
Author: Gerald L. Gordon
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2013-12-07
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1466513683
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As the global recession of 2008 and beyond took hold of the American economy, smaller markets were disproportionately affected by job losses as well as the resultant brain drains, tax base reductions, diminished housing values, and diminishment of their overall quality of life. So it is not surprising that these smaller markets face unique challenges during recovery. The Economic Viability of Micropolitan America addresses the economic history and future of small cities and towns across the country, as they have and will continue to see dramatic shifts in the roles they play in the extant larger economies. The book discusses the 300-year history of America’s economic structures in substantial detail and with an eye on the development and growth of, and the changes to, the economic geography of the United States. It explores the fate of the small cities and towns in America, examining how they emerged over time and their economic fate in the future. The author explores what constitutes a small city or town, who lives there, and how they support their families and their communities. He also explores what roles these communities can play in the larger economic picture. Is it possible that small cities and towns can offer enough in the way of assets and amenities to become economic hubs in the future? And if so, will that evolution create such growth that it will override and eliminate the very qualities from which they derived their initial appeal? With nearly seventy case studies and interviews, the book examines the role of business within the future context of community settings. It distills lessons learned into a list of the most prominent and potentially effective tactics for other small cities and towns to emulate as they, too, seek to develop their local economic bases and ensure that their communities can survive and thrive in the twenty-first century.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 160
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Technology Board on Science (and Economic Policy)
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ISBN-13: 9780309487801
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sudesh Nangia
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9788180697180
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With reference to India; contributed articles.
Author: Keith Hoggart
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1317332873
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book, originally published in 1987, provides an integrative, analytical aproach to rural areas in advanced economies. Causation and the consequences of societal change have been emphasised, in a framework which draws out processes which oeprate at different geographical scales (and with varying intensities across space).
Author: Alan Berube
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2007-01-30
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780815708858
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Results from Census 2000 have confirmed that American cities and metropolitan areas lie at the heart of the nation's most pronounced demographic and economic changes. The third volume in the Redefining Urban and Suburban America series describes anew the changing shape of metropolitan American and the consequences for policies in areas such as employment, public services, and urban revitalization. The continued decentralization of population and economic activity in most metropolitan areas has transformed once-suburban places into new engines of metropolitan growth. At the same time, some traditional central cities have enjoyed a population renaissance, thanks to a recent book in "living" downtowns. The contributors to this book probe the rise of these new growth centers and their impacts on the metropolitan landscape, including how recent patterns have affected the government's own methods for reporting information on urban, suburban, and rural areas. Volume 3 also provides a closer look at the social and economic impacts of growth patterns in cities and suburbs. Contributors examine how suburbanization has affected access to employment for minorities and lower-income workers, how housing development trends have fueled population declines in some central cities, and how these patterns are shifting the economic balance between older and newer suburbs. Contributors include Thomas Bier (Cleveland State University), Peter Dreier (Occidental College), William Frey (Brookings), Robert Lang (Virginia Tech), Steven Raphael (University of California, Berkeley), Audrey Singer (Brookings), Michael Stoll (University of California, Los Angeles), Todd Swanstrom (St. Louis University), and Jill Wilson (Brookings).