Planning Local Economic Development

Nancey Green Leigh is a Professor and PhD Program Director in the School of City and Regional Planning Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a Fellow of the American lnstitute of Certified Planners and Co-Editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research. Leigh teaches, conducts research, and publishes in the areas of local economic development planning, urban and regional development, brownfield redevelopment, and sustainable urban industrial systems.She is the author of Stemming Middle Class Decline: The Challenge to Economic Development Planning, and coauthor (with Joan Fitzgerald) of Economic Revitalization: Cases and Strategies for City and Suburb. Some of the journals she has published in are Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Industrial Ecology, International Regional Science Review, Journal of Resource Conservation and Recycling, Growth and Change, Journal of Urban Technology, IEDC Economic Development Journal, and the Journal of Planning Literature. She obtained her B.A. in urban studies and a master′s in regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a master′s in economics and a Ph.D. in city and regional planning from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Regents Fellow of the University of California at Berkeley and past Vice President of the Association of The Collegiate Schools of Planning. Dr. Edward J. Blakely is Professor of Urban Policy in the United States Study Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has held academic positions in teaching, research, academic administration, and economic development policy for more than 30 years, including Dean of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy and Dean of the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning, and Development. He is a leading scholar and practitioner in the fields of planning and local economic development. Dr. Blakely served as a policy adviser to the mayor of Oakland and adviser to the Los Angeles Public School District. He was appointed by President Clinton as Vice Chair of the Presidio Trust, where he played a key role in the development of the former army base into a profitable civic facility. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Planning Association, the Nature Conservancy, and Fulbright Association. In January 2007, Dr. Blakely was appointed by the Mayor of New Orleans to head the recovery effort following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

• Chapter 1 The Enduring Argument for Local Economic Development PlanningLocal Economic Development Planning in the Face of GlobalizationThe Influence of Outsourcing and InsourcingPeople and Places Left Out of the New EconomyThe Future of Local Economic Development PlanningReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 2 The Influence of National and State Policies on Local Economic DevelopmentThree Approaches to National Economic PolicyMonetary and Tax PolicyTrade PolicyWelfare to Workfare PolicyHealth Care PolicyEmployment PolicyNational Policy Targeting Local Economic DevelopmentCoordination of Local and National Development EffortsState Economic Development ApproachesChallenges and Opportunities Inherent in Economic Development Policy MakingConclusionNotesReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 3 Concepts and Theory of Local Economic DevelopmentDefining Local Economic DevelopmentTheories of Growth and DevelopmentTranslating Theory Into PracticeTheories, Models, and Fads In Local Economic Development PlanningThe Continued Evolution of Economic Development Theory Into Local PracticeConclusionNotesReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 4 The Local Economic Development Profession and ProfessionalsThe Role of the Economic Development PractitionerThe Task FunctionsThe ClientsThe Professional RolesEconomic Development CareersSummary and ConclusionReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 5 The Local Economic Development Planning ProcessPreliminary Tasks of Local Economic Development PlanningThe Six Phases of PlanningManaging Planning Resources in the CommunitySelecting a Local Economic Development RoleTypology of Planning ApproachesFeatures of Local Economic Development PlanningConclusionPutting It All Together: Creating a Local Economic Development Strategy (Part I)References and Suggested ReadingsChapter 6 Introduction to Analytical Methods for Local Economic Development PlanningInformation and Analytical Requirements for Local Economic Development PlanningUnderstanding an Economy’s Strengths and WeaknessesThe Economic ProfileBuilding On ComparisonsGathering Available Descriptive DataOccupational DataEmployer ReportsExamining Analytical TechniquesPrinciples of Economic ProjectionsHow Do Changes Multiply Through the Economy?Identifying Industrial Clusters: The Most Important Parts of the Local EconomyConclusionPutting It All Together: Creating a Local Economic Development Strategy (Part II)NotesReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 7 Local Economic Development StrategyThe Goals of Local Economic DevelopmentPrerequisites for Successful Strategy FormulationSelecting Strategic OptionsEconomic Development Plans Within the Context of Comprehensive PlansCommon Traps In Strategy FormulationAssembling the Elements of a StrategyProjects from StrategiesPlan Financing and ImplementationConclusionReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 8 Locality DevelopmentThe Link Between Economic Development and Urban DesignLandbanking and Community Land TrustsPhysical Infrastructure Development on Industrial and Commercial LandSpeculative BuildingsZoning RegulationsBusiness Improvement DistrictsRegulatory Improvement Through SimplificationTownscapingShopsteadingHousing and Neighborhood ImprovementHousehold ServicesCommunity ServicesConclusionReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 9 Business DevelopmentCreating a Good Business ClimateEntrepreneur Development and Economic GardeningOne-Stop Business Assistance CentersStart-Up and Venture Financing Companies and Development BanksSmall Business Development CentersMicroenterpriseWomen’s EnterprisesPromotion and Tourism ProgramsResearch and DevelopmentEnterprise ZonesIncentivizing or Subsidizing Local Economic Development?ConclusionNotesReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 10 Human Resource DevelopmentWorkforce DevelopmentRealities of an Undertrained WorkforcePublic Role in Workforce DevelopmentGoals of Human Resource ProgramsMatching Human Resource Programs and Economic Development ObjectivesEducation as the Foundation of Human Resource DevelopmentImplementation of a Human Resource Development StrategyConclusionReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 11 Community Economic DevelopmentCommunity Development CorporationsCommunity CooperativesLocal Enterprise AgenciesEmployee/Worker OwnershipLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood DevelopmentTargeting and Marketing Neighborhood/Community AssetsConclusionReferences and Suggested ReadingsChapter 12 Building the Implementation PlanPublic–Private PartnershipsMarketing CommunityProject FinancingAssessing Project ViabilitySustainability AnalysisDetailed Feasibility AnalysisCash Flow AnalysisProject SustainabilityOrganizational DesignMonitoring And Evaluation ProgramConclusionNoteReferences And Suggested ReadingsChapter 13 Institutional Approaches to Local Economic DevelopmentOrganizational Requirements For Local DevelopmentPublic–Private PartnershipsThe Economic Development SpecialistInstitutional Approaches To Local Economic DevelopmentA Typology Of Development OrganizationsConclusionReferences And Suggested ReadingsChapter 14 Local Economic Development Planning’s Response to A Global Economy and Climate-Challenged PlanetFinding Solutions Through Innovation and TechnologyThe Technology Development ProcessFostering The Advanced-Technology CommunityAdvanced Manufacturing and Clean TechnologyResiliency in Local Economic DevelopmentLocal Economic Development Planning for ResiliencyConclusion: The Future of Local Economic Development PlanningNotesReferences and Suggested Readings

"Leigh and Blakely’s Planning Local Economic Development is the gold standard for texts in local economic development.  The book provides excellent breadth and depth of conceptual and analytical frameworks in the field of economic development while also integrating applied case materials.  My students appreciate the accessible writing style and the applied nature of the book, which generates class discussion of key concepts."