Dilemmas of Urban Economic Development
Subtitle: Issues in Theory and Practice (Urban Affairs Annual Reviews)
Contributors: Richard D. Bingham (Editor); Robert Mier (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: April 14, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780803959200
Subjects: International economics; Political economy; Sociology; Government - State & Provincial; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology - Urban; Development - Economic Development; Public Affairs & Administration; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Community development, Urban; Political Science-Public Affairs & Administration; Science / Environmental Science; Social Science-Sociology - Urban; Urban economics
First sentence: Some observers are concerned that local economic development efforts are a zero-sum game (James, 1984; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1988, p. II-2).