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- catalog abstract "The cities of Lowell and New Bedford in Massachusetts, Jamestown in New York, and McKeesport in Pennsylvania have all undergone years of adversity and decline, their economic bases having been badly damaged by structural changes in the national economy, particularly in the manufacturing sector. In situations like these, can local development efforts make a difference? Ross Gittell answers in the affirmative. This interdisciplinary work focuses on comparative case studies of the four cities. The book reveals how public, private, and community-based local economic development initiatives affect local economic performance: what works and what does not work. City leaders and institutions can help reorganize and "reshuffle" local resources, with results that include increased investment, greater effort by local individuals and institutions, more cooperation among different development interests, and improvement in city economic positioning relative to the regional economy and local development cycles. Gittell emphasizes the possibility of shifting from a "zero-sum game" (attracting jobs from elsewhere) toward the goal of converting underutilized local resources to higher-value uses through alternative forms of economic and political organization.".
- catalog contributor b3789350.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "1. Renewing Industrial Cities -- 2. Theories of Local Development -- 3. Growth and Decline in Four Cities -- 4. Lowell: Successful Revitalization -- 5. New Bedford: Extended Decline -- 6. Jamestown: Attempted Preservation -- 7. McKeesport: Decline and Struggle -- 8. Critical Factors in City Revitalization -- 9. The Renewal Process.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index.".
- catalog description "The cities of Lowell and New Bedford in Massachusetts, Jamestown in New York, and McKeesport in Pennsylvania have all undergone years of adversity and decline, their economic bases having been badly damaged by structural changes in the national economy, particularly in the manufacturing sector. In situations like these, can local development efforts make a difference? Ross Gittell answers in the affirmative. This interdisciplinary work focuses on comparative case studies of the four cities. The book reveals how public, private, and community-based local economic development initiatives affect local economic performance: what works and what does not work. City leaders and institutions can help reorganize and "reshuffle" local resources, with results that include increased investment, greater effort by local individuals and institutions, more cooperation among different development interests, and improvement in city economic positioning relative to the regional economy and local development cycles. Gittell emphasizes the possibility of shifting from a "zero-sum game" (attracting jobs from elsewhere) toward the goal of converting underutilized local resources to higher-value uses through alternative forms of economic and political organization.".
- catalog extent "x, 232 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691042934 (cloth : alk. paper) :".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "307.3/416/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Community development, Urban United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "HT175 .G56 1992".
- catalog subject "Urban renewal Economic aspects United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Urban renewal United States Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Renewing Industrial Cities -- 2. Theories of Local Development -- 3. Growth and Decline in Four Cities -- 4. Lowell: Successful Revitalization -- 5. New Bedford: Extended Decline -- 6. Jamestown: Attempted Preservation -- 7. McKeesport: Decline and Struggle -- 8. Critical Factors in City Revitalization -- 9. The Renewal Process.".
- catalog title "Renewing cities / Ross J. Gittell.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".