Coping With Adversity Addresses The Question Of Why Some Metropolitan-area Regional Economies Are Resilient In The Face Of Economic Shocks And Chronic Distress While Others Are Not. It Is Particularly Concerned With What Public Policies Make A Difference In Whether A Region Is Resilient. The Authors Employ A Wide Range Of Techniques To Examine The Experience Of All Metropolitan Area Economies From 1978?2014. They Then Look Closely At Six American Metropolitan Areas To Determine What Strategies Were Employed, Which Of These Contributed To Regional Economic Resilience, And Which Did Not. Charlotte, North Carolina, Seattle, Washington, And Grand Forks, North Dakota, Are Cases Of Economic Resilience, While Cleveland, Ohio, Hartford, Connecticut, And Detroit, Michigan, Are Cases Of Economic Nonresilience. The Six Case Studies Include Hard Data On Employment, Production, And Demographics, As Well As Material On Public Policies And Actions. The Authors Conclude That There Is Little That Can Done In The Short Term To Counter Economic Shocks; Most Regions Simply Rebound Naturally After A Relatively Short Period Of Time. However, They Do Find That Many Regions Have Successfully Emerged From Periods Of Prolonged Economic Distress And That There Are Policies That Can Be Applied To Help Them Do So. Coping With Adversity Will Be Important Reading For All Those Concerned With Local And Regional Economic Development, Including Public Officials, Urban Planners, And Economic Developers.0. Shocks And Regional Economic Resilience -- Chronic Distress And Regional Economic Resilience -- Regions That Lacked Resilience -- Resilient Regions -- How Well Do Policies To Achieve Resilience Work : Policies Directed Toward Business And Individuals -- How Well Do Policies To Achieve Resilience Work : Policies Directed Toward Public Goods, Institutions, And Leadership -- Conclusion, Summary And Policy Implications : Can Regional Economic Development Policies Make A Difference? Harold Wolman, Howard Wial, Travis St. Clair, And Edward Hill. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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Wolman, Harold, Wial, Howard, St. Clair, Travis, Hill, Edward

Harold Wolman, Howard Wial, Travis St. Clair, and Edward Hill

Harold Wolman; Howard Wial; Travis St. Clair; Edward W. Hill

Project MUSE (https://muse.jhu.edu/)

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University

Comstock Publishing Associates

United States, United States of America

Nov 15, 2017

Ithaca, 2018

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Source title: Coping with Adversity: Regional Economic Resilience and Public Policy

Cover 1
Half Title, Title Page, Copyright 2
Contents 6
Acknowledgments 8
Introduction 12
1. Shocks and Regional Economic Resilience 26
2. Chronic Distress and Regional Economic Resilience 63
3. Regions That Lacked Resilience 89
4. Resilient Regions 117
5. Assessing the Effect of Resilience Policies Directed toward Business and Individuals 142
6. Assessing the Effect of Resilience Policies Directed toward Public Goods, Institutions, and Leadership 170
Conclusion. Summary and Policy Implications: Can Regional Economic Development Policies Make a Difference? 203
Appendices 220
Notes 234
References 246
Index 270
Publisher:Cornell University Press,Published:2017,ISBN:9781501709494,Related ISBN:9780801478543,Language:English,OCLC:986788846
Coping with Adversity addresses the question of why some metropolitan-area regional economies are resilient in the face of economic shocks and chronic distress while others are not. It is particularly concerned with what public policies make a difference in whether a region is resilient. The authors employ a wide range of techniques to examine the experience of all metropolitan area economies from 1978–2014. They then look closely at six American metropolitan areas to determine what strategies were employed, which of these contributed to regional economic resilience, and which did not. Charlotte, North Carolina, Seattle, Washington, and Grand Forks, North Dakota, are cases of economic resilience, while Cleveland, Ohio, Hartford, Connecticut, and Detroit, Michigan, are cases of economic nonresilience. The six case studies include hard data on employment, production, and demographics, as well as material on public policies and actions. The authors conclude that there is little that can done in the short term to counter economic shocks; most regions simply rebound naturally after a relatively short period of time. However, they do find that many regions have successfully emerged from periods of prolonged economic distress and that there are policies that can be applied to help them do so. Coping with Adversity will be important reading for all those concerned with local and regional economic development, including public officials, urban planners, and economic developers.

<P><I>Coping with Adversity</I> addresses the question of why some metropolitan-area regional economies are resilient in the face of economic shocks and chronic distress while others are not. It is particularly concerned with what public policies make a difference in whether a region is resilient. The authors employ a wide range of techniques to examine the experience of all metropolitan area economies from 1978–2014. They then look closely at six American metropolitan areas to determine what strategies were employed, which of these contributed to regional economic resilience, and which did not. Charlotte, North Carolina, Seattle, Washington, and Grand Forks, North Dakota, are cases of economic resilience, while Cleveland, Ohio, Hartford, Connecticut, and Detroit, Michigan, are cases of economic nonresilience. The six case studies include hard data on employment, production, and demographics, as well as material on public policies and actions. </P><P>The authors conclude that there is little that can done in the short term to counter economic shocks; most regions simply rebound naturally after a relatively short period of time. However, they do find that many regions have successfully emerged from periods of prolonged economic distress and that there are policies that can be applied to help them do so. <I>Coping with Adversity</I> will be important reading for all those concerned with local and regional economic development, including public officials, urban planners, and economic developers.</P>

"COPING WITH ADVERSITY"--"Contents"--"Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "1. Shocks and Regional Economic Resilience" -- "2. Chronic Distress and Regional Economic Resilience" -- "3. Regions That Lacked Resilience" -- "4. Resilient Regions" -- "5. Assessing the Effect of Resilience Policies Directed toward Business and Individuals" -- "6. Assessing the Effect of Resilience Policies Directed toward Public Goods, Institutions, and Leadership" -- "Conclusion. Summary and Policy Implications: Can Regional Economic Development Policies Make a Difference?" -- "Appendices" -- "Notes" -- "References

This text analyses two different forms of economic adversity faced by urban regions - external shocks and chronic economic distress. It then examines whether and why some regions are resilient to these different forms of adversity while others are not

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