Best practices for economic development in metropolitan areas in post-recession eras

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dc.contributor.advisorWilson, Robert Hines
dc.contributor.advisorGawande, Kishore S., 1959-
dc.creatorConte, Gregory Robert
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-18T17:26:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:30:48Z
dc.date.available2016-10-18T17:26:14Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2016-10-18T17:26:14Z
dc.description.abstractMetropolitan areas have established themselves drivers to the national economy, and contributors to the overall global economy. For instance, of the 3 million U.S. jobs created in 2014, 94 percent were produced in metro areas. As citizens leave rural areas to find work and prosperity in more urbanized centers, policymakers in these regions are beginning to recognize that their policies and strategies have the tendency to resonate further than intended. The Great Recession of 2007-09 devastated many local economies as regional areas found themselves unprepared as they picked up the pieces from their broken economy. This report argues that metro areas, while still producing collaborative economic development plans, need to also reflect upon previous post-recession eras and proactively prepare for the next national turndown. While no metro area is recession proof, policymakers and stakeholders have a responsibility to insulate their areas as best as possible from proceeding recessions and this concern is often an afterthought.
dc.description.departmentBusiness Administration
dc.description.departmentPublic Affairs
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2Z02ZB0K
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/41704
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectMetropolitan
dc.subjectRecession
dc.subjectMSA
dc.subjectEconomic development
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.titleBest practices for economic development in metropolitan areas in post-recession eras
dc.typeThesis
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