Regional and local economic analysis for practitioners
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Regional and local economic analysis for practitioners
Praeger, 1991
4th ed
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 13 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. [225]-231
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the fourth edition of Avrom Bendavid-Val's classic book that has become a standard for practitioners and students of public administration, urban and regional planning, and regional economics. Last revised in 1983, the work now provides a comprehensive practitioner-oriented study of the state of the art of regional and local economic development planning, with emphasis on specific project activity arrived at through an analysis of the regional economic context. The book is written in a straightforward style, free of technical terms and jargon, and is suitable for readers without an extensive background in economics, mathematics, or statistics. In addition, all analytical work is presented in a form that can be carried out without the use of vast databases or computers.
Bendavid-Val divides his work into five basic parts, each covering a different feature or method of analysis and planning. Part one introduces important aspects of the overall economic and development context within which the methods of regional analysis are used. Parts two, three, and four offer an introduction to common descriptive methods of analysis for use in regional planning, covering aggregate regional analysis, intraregional analysis, and project identification and evaluation. Finally, part five deals with approaches to regional development planning, providing help in selecting the methods that will be most useful in a given situation. A selected bibliography concludes the book. This work contains everything the practitioner or student needs in order to understand what regional and local economic development is all about, as well as to acquire the basic analytical skills for regional development planning, and to design and carry out a regional development planning process. Public and academic libraries will find this updated and expanded edition to be a significant addition to their collections, and for students and practitioners in regional planning and development, it will be an essential reference source.
Table of Contents
The Economic and Development Context Regional Development in the National Context Inside the Region Project Interventions for Regional Development Methods of Aggregate Regional Analysis The Basic Statistical Compendium Income Measures, Income and Product Accounts Balance of Payments Statements, Linkages and Flows Economy Composition Analysis Economic Base Analysis Input-Output Analysis Aggregate Social Accounts: A Relational Review Methods of Intraregional Analysis Characteristics of Subareas and Urban Places Intraregional Linkages and Flows Intraregional Income and Employment Multiplication Settlement System Analysis Methods of Project Identification and Evaluation Project Identification Project Evaluation Benefit-Cost Analysis Approaches to Regional Development Planning An Idealized Planning Model Applied Regional Approaches A General Framework for Regional Planning Bibliography Index
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