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Autore |
McCarthy Kevin F. <1945-> |
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An economic development architecture for New Orleans [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin F. McCarthy |
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Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-73674-0 |
9786611736743 |
0-8330-4581-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (69 p.) |
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Collana |
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Technical report ; ; .TR-547-HI |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development - Louisiana - New Orleans |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 |
Louisiana Economic policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction. Methods. Organization of report -- Review of economic development efforts. Description of comparison cities. Characteristics of economic development programs. Design component. Organizational phase. Implementation phase. Summary -- Economic development in New Orleans. Design component. Vision statement. Assessment of economic infrastructure. Internal improvements. Choice of development strategy. Organizational component. New Orleans' prior development experience. The organizational ecology of economic development. Implications. Implementation component. Geographic focus. Setting priorities. Setting goals, schedules, and metrics for assessing progress -- Summary of key findings and recommendations. Overall architecture. Strategy phase. Organizational phase. Implementation phase. Development agencies researched. Alphabetical list of interviewees. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, followed by multiple levee failures, devastated New Orleans and other parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast, inflicting major damage to commercial property, infrastructure, and housing. The failure of the levees and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans caused enormous damage and disruption to the city, its |
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