The rise and fall of urban economies : lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles / / Michael Storper [and three others]

• Autore: Storper Michael
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Stanford Business Books, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 330.9494/61
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - California - San Francisco Bay Area; Economic development - California - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
• Soggetto geografico: San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Economic conditions; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Economic conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): StorperMichael
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2015.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. The Divergent Development of Urban Regions; 2. Divergent Development: The Conceptual Challenge; 3. The Motor of Divergence: High-Wage or Low-Wage Specialization; 4. The Role of Labor in Divergence: Quality of Workers or Quality of Jobs?; 5. Economic Specialization: Pathways to Change; 6. Economic Development Policies: Their Role in Economic Divergence; 7. Beliefs and Worldviews in Economic Development: To Which Club Do We Belong?; 8. Seeing the Landscape: The Relational Infrastructure of Regions; 9. Connecting the Dots: What Caused Divergence?; 10. Shaping Economic Development: Policies and Strategies; 11. Improving Analysis of Urban Regions: Methods and Models; Notes; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Today, the Bay Area is home to the most successful knowledge economy in America, while Los Angeles has fallen progressively farther behind its neighbour to the north and a number of other American metropolises. Yet, in 1970, experts would have predicted that L.A. would outpace San Francisco in population, income, economic power, and influence. The usual factors used to explain urban growth - luck, immigration, local economic policies, and the pool of skilled labour - do not account for the contrast between the two cities and their fates. So what does? This book challenges many of the conventional notions about economic development and sheds new light on its workings.
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise and fall of urban economies
• ISBN: 0-8047-9602-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797369303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Innovation and technology in the world economy.