Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-327) and index.

1. Economic Development and Market Logic -- 2. Three Fundamental and Recurring Issues -- 3. Business Location, Expansion, and Retention -- 4. Market Areas and Economic Development Strategies -- 5. Understanding Economic Structure -- 6. Regional Growth and Development: Fundamental Perspective -- 7. Additional Tools and Perspectives on Economic Growth -- 8. Issues in Economic Development Practice -- 9. Resource and Commodity Flows -- 10. Land Use -- 11. Housing and Neighborhood Development -- 12. Metropolitan Government and Finance -- 13. Planning, Futures Studies, and Development Policy.

More than ever before, local economic development issues are being shaped by market forces. Despite this, urban studies and public administration texts focusing on local economic development issues have glossed over or ignored this fundamental change. Now, in Local Economic Development, John P. Blair presents a comprehensive, accessible, and jargon-free text - one that offers both extensive coverage of economic concepts and the new market forces at work today. Topics addressed include regional growth and development, land use, metropolitan government and finance, housing, economic development strategies, and neighborhood development - to name but a few.

Blending knowledge from a variety of disciplines (planning, political science, finance, sociology, and marketing) with a strong analytical approach, this is the ideal text for courses in local economic development as well as public finance, public administration, and policy studies. In addition, practitioners will find much of value in this impressive volume.

Mony Rasal