Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Cherry, Todd L.; Rickman, Dan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Rising U.S. income and wealth in recent decades have fueled an increase in consumption demand for environmental amenities. Many observers and researchers have argued that this at least in part underlies current differentials in economic growth across regions. This collection of key articles addresses the issues and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135245443
• Artikelnr.: 42512431

Autorenporträt

Todd Cherry is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis at Appalachian State University, where he also is Director and Research Fellow at the Appalachian Energy Center. Dan Rickman is Regents Professor of Economics and OG&E Chair in Regional Economic Analysis, Oklahoma State University. Rickman's research focuses on the workings of regional and urban economies and regional economic development policy

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development:
Introduction: Chapter 2. Moving to Nice Weather: Chapter 3. The Rise of the
Sunbelt: Chapter 4. The Role of Amenities and Quality of Life in Rural
Economic Growth: Chapter 5. Population Growth in High-Amenity Rural Areas:
Does it Bring Socioeconomic Benefits for Long-Term Residents: Chapter 6.
Natural Amenities and Rural Employment Growth: A Sector Analysis: Chapter
7. Recasting the Creative Class to Examine Growth Processes in Rural and
Urban Counties: Chapter 8. An Analysis of Regional Economic Growth in the
U.S. Midwest: Chapter 9. Public Conservation Land and Employment Growth in
the Northern Forest Region: Chapter 10. The Geographic Diversity of U.S.
Nonmetropolitan Growth Dynamics: A Geographically Weighted Regression
Approach: Chapter 11. Voting with Their Feet: Jobs versus Amenities:
Chapter 12. Population Growth in European Cities: Weather Matters - But
Only Nationally: Chapter 13: Combining Nature Conservation and Residential
Development in the Netherlands, England and Spain.