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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Harold Wolman; Howard Wial; Travis St Clair; Edward Hill |
ISBN: | 9781501709494 1501709496 9780801451690 0801451698 |
OCLC Number: | 1016063191 |
Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (278 Seiten) |
Contents: | AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Shocks and Regional Economic Resilience2. Chronic Distress and Regional Economic Resilience3. Regions That Lacked Resilience4. Resilient Regions5. Assessing the Effect of Resilience Policies Directed toward Business and Individuals6. Assessing the Effect of Reslience Policies Directed toward Public Goods, Institutions, and LeadershipConclusionAppendicesNotesReferencesIndex -- Cornell University Press |
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"These excellent academic researchers from George Washington, New York, and Ohio State Univ. and the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago explore the critical question of why some metropolitan areas deal with economic adversity better than others." * Choice * "One of this year's most important books on economic development.... Coping with Adversity offers an opportunity for economic developers to assess the factors affecting the resiliency of their region's economy. In a world where we are continuously captivated by the next big thing and quick to celebrate the groundbreaking of stadiums or factories as transformational, the findings of this book are humbling." * State Science and Technology Institute * "These findings should provoke thought, but the case studies serve to debunk (although the authors do not put it this way) many economic development cliches." * Planning Magazine * "An ambitious and sophisticated application of the concept of resilience to regional economic development." * Journal of Urban Affairs * Read more...

