Drennan The Information Economy and American Cities

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7536-6
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

How can metropolitan regions remain prosperous and competitive in a rapidly changing economy? Challenging some long-standing assumptions, Matthew Drennan argues that those regions that have invested heavily in the information economy have done much better than those that continue to rely on manufacturing and industry as their base. Moreover, he contends, the benefits of that growth reach the urban working poor, earlier reports to the contrary notwithstanding.

The Information Economy and American Cities provides a wealth of rigorously analyzed econometric data which will be of great value to economists, planners, and policymakers concerned with the future of America's metropolitan areas. Additional supporting data will be made available online. Not just another glib cheer for the information economy, this book provides the kind of hard evidence needed to advocate effectively for change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drennan, Matthew P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Describing the Elephant: The Information Sector
Chapter 2. Emergence of the Information Sector
Chapter 3. The Information Sector in Metropolitan Economies
Chapter 4. Metropolitan Income and Growth: The Roles of Specialization, Size, and Human Capital
Chapter 5. Income Convergence and Poverty in Metropolitan Areas
Chapter 6. Conclusion and Policy RecommendationsAppendix
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Drennan, Matthew P.
Matthew P. Drennan is currently a visiting professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. He is on leave from the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. His previous books include Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis and Modeling Metropolitan Economies for Forecasting and Policy Analysis.