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Many New England coastal communities have long been protected from large-scale development. Marked by poor...
Harbour communities across Europe and the US are in the midst of major changes. Shifting...
Across the United States, there has been increasing protest over the placing of industrial land...
The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the contributions of Edward Bellamy...
Throughout the world, there has been considerable interest among economic planners concerning the creation of...
The cities and towns of Central Massachusetts, many of which played a critical role in...
This article is an overview of the current state of planning for industrial development. Local...
Over the past decade it has become increasingly clear that many of our larger cities...
This article analyzes the reindustrialization problems facing mature-industry communities in Massachusetts. The findings are based...
In the last issue of the Town Planning Review, the key influences on town planning...
German town planning has long been hailed for its contribution to the health and prosperity...
This paper is a review and analysis of the influence of the national government upon...
The book consists of a group of papers developed for one of a series of...
Fifty years ago, one of the most remarkable city planning experiments of the twentieth century...
The German city in the late 1800's was a victim of many of the malaises...
Local planners have often neglected their industrial resources and are therefore jeopardizing their economic base....
A recent study of the Blackstone Valley's Route 146 Corridor highlights some of the challenges...
Worcester County lies at the center of Massachusetts and largely defines the Commonwealth's Central Region....
The link between Route 146 and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) is now operational, and further...
Worcester County has long been famed for its manufacturing prowess. Its Blackstone Valley was the...
As we move into the twenty-first century, economic development officials are increasingly attempting to find...
This article lays out several key trends concerning industrial development that I have noted over...
All our communities are striving for economic success. Political platforms are built on promises of...
Once defined almost entirely by heavy manufacturing and tourism, the Berkshire region is now in...
Until recently, many small firms had little or no interest in exporting as the complexities...
Across the United States, mill towns and industrial communities, the "brownfields", have been experiencing rapid...
Across the United States there is a continuous expansion of population away from our traditional...
This article analyzes the impacts of malls on the character and economic base of a...
When planning the development of an incubator, a fundamental question is "Who will be the...
This paper describes the importance of understanding and dealing with the problems of infrastructure planning...
Between 1916 and 1941, Henry Ford embarked on an effort to decentralize the production facilities...
This article describes a pragmatic approach to assessing the economic impact of major urban recreation...
Over the past five years the Center for Economic Development has been actively involved in...
Owing to the departure of the mill industry from rural New England, many small towns...
While there are hundreds of books and articles written on Bellamy and his utopian perspectives,...
Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward was one of the most influential books in the evolution of...
The biotech industry is on the wave of the new economy and is steadily becoming...
America's nuclear power companies for the first time, face reduced demand and a resulting decline...
Historians who focus on the development of nineteenth century New England textile mills generally place...
Portugal's seaport communities are undergoing substantial change. Once protected by the nation's closed economy and...
Redevelopment of urban sites is an ongoing concern for many communities in the industrial Northeast...
This article describes and analyzes the economic transformation of Maynard, Massachusetts. Located twenty-six miles west...
The end of the 20th century is a good time to check on the progress...
Despite long odds, some distressed, high unemployment regions in the United States survive, revitalize, and...
Over the past twenty years, we have been involved in economic revitalization projects in more...
Over the past twenty years there has been an enormous shift in terms of retail...
This paper describes and analyzes the recent experience of communities in the six New England...
Downtowns, the traditional business centers of our communities, have survived many changes throughout the last...
The authors describe the critical issues that emerged during the first years of the National...
A look at Pennsylvania from a national perspective indeed illustrates that it is the Keystone...
This paper is a description and analysis of the plan for the rebuilding of Lisbon...
Last fall, two of New England's oldest planners were sitting on the top of Mount...
Over the past decade we have been involved in more than fifty economic development projects...
Communities increasingly see their economic development goal as one of attracting job-generating industrial development and...
Many planners caught up in the everyday struggle of preparing zoning bylaws, subdivision regulations, and...
Home building generates substantial local economic activity, including income, jobs, and revenue for state and...
Bondi's Island is so pungently smelly that it is a negative influence on where we...
Academics who teach either economic development or industrial policy courses struggle to find a core...
Any planner assigned the responsibility of preparing a recovery plan for a community following a...
Fiscal impact analysis seeks to connect planning and local economics by estimating the public costs...
This article analyzes the debate concerning the problems, approaches, and intent of industrial policy as...
This study offers an analysis of the role of incubator industries in the local economy...
In community after community the local planner is becoming increasingly involved in the economic problems...
City planning professionals and academics have long understood that the roots of North American planning...
