Sources of Metropolitan Growth

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In a thorough assessment of the strategies, tools, and requirements for stimulating economic growth and metropolitan development, the most eminent scholars in the field discuss what works--and what doesn't--in generating economic development. They review producer services, suburban business centers, enterprise zones, technology-based ventures, and industrial incubators. How can economic development policy improve the incubator effect? Is there a nationwide venture capital network? What are the locational requirements of firms in high-growth industries? What are the consequences of failed growth? This comprehensive collection includes chapters by William Beyers, Rodney Erickson, Richard Florida, John McDonald, Edwin Mills, Stephen Nord, Claudia Bird Schoonhoven, Robert Sheets, and others. It is must reading for policymakers, planners, analysts, and students facing the complex challenges of metropolitan growth and economic development. "[A] timely addition to our knowledge. . . ." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management "Many of the papers are the best of their kind found anywhere." Journal of Regional Science "A wealth of solid research, provocative interpretations, and thoughtful policy recommendations." Environment & Planning A "The planner who wants to do some serious strategic thinking about economic development will find that the entire volume is well worth reading." Journal of the American Planning Association