Building the Local Economy

By Douglas J. Watson (editor), John C. Morris (editor),

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Douglas Watson and John Morris collect 15 case studies to inform our thinking about local economic development. They explain that the local governments have become “major players” in economic development. They frame the book as a collection of cases that will help us better understand the role of local governments…

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1 author picked Building the Local Economy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Economic development is critical for municipalities and which helps drive the city planning process.

This book takes actual case studies and discusses each one at length for an entire chapter for a municipality’s planning process since it is heavily dependent upon the economics of an area. This area is critical for practitioners and graduate students understanding economic development and how it impacts a community.

There are a number of case studies throughout the book that cover a wide array of topics (e.g. Non-Profit organization’s involvement), which are important to comprehend how those forces impact the economy for municipalities and counties.

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