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Sustaining Michigan : metropolitan policies and strategies / edited by Richard W. Jelier and Gary Sands.

Contributor(s): Publication details: East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, c2009.Description: x, 335 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780870138508 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9774/07091732 22
LOC classification:
  • HT334.U5 S87 2009
Contents:
Introduction: Metropolitan affairs in Michigan and the triple bottom line in Michigan / Richard W. Jelier and Gary Sands -- The economic and fiscal background of metropolitan policies in Michigan / Charles L. Ballard -- Michigan's industrial tax abatements : pyrrhic victories? / Gary Sands and Laura A. Reese -- Abating taxes, abetting sprawl : the geographical distribution of tax abatements in Michigan / Angela Lazarean and Katharine Trudeau -- Equity and politics in road-spending allocation in Michigan : implications for metropolitan affairs / Soji Adelaja, Annalie Campos, and Yohannes G. Hailu -- Coming together in tough economic times : workforce development and economic development move closer in Michigan / Elsie Harper-Anderson -- Flushing the conflict : wastewater cooperation among Michigan's local governments? / Eric S. Zeemering -- Best practices in protecting green infrastructure : benchmarking county park systems / Betty Gajewski -- The impact of policy change in local and state environmental policy : Brownfield redevelopment in Michigan / Richard Hula -- Explaining horizontal and vertical cooperation in Michigan / Jered B. Carr, Elisabeth R. Gerber, and Eric W. Lupher -- Regional housing policy : can crisis spawn collaboration? / Dale E. Thompson -- Michigan's urban policies in an era of land use reform and creative-class cities / June Manning Thomas -- The brain drain wars : characteristics of recent movers into and out of Michigan / M. Curtis Hoffman and Jeremy Pyne -- Building a triple bottom line sustainability model in Michigan / Norman Christopher and Richard W. Jelier.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Metropolitan affairs in Michigan and the triple bottom line in Michigan / Richard W. Jelier and Gary Sands -- The economic and fiscal background of metropolitan policies in Michigan / Charles L. Ballard -- Michigan's industrial tax abatements : pyrrhic victories? / Gary Sands and Laura A. Reese -- Abating taxes, abetting sprawl : the geographical distribution of tax abatements in Michigan / Angela Lazarean and Katharine Trudeau -- Equity and politics in road-spending allocation in Michigan : implications for metropolitan affairs / Soji Adelaja, Annalie Campos, and Yohannes G. Hailu -- Coming together in tough economic times : workforce development and economic development move closer in Michigan / Elsie Harper-Anderson -- Flushing the conflict : wastewater cooperation among Michigan's local governments? / Eric S. Zeemering -- Best practices in protecting green infrastructure : benchmarking county park systems / Betty Gajewski -- The impact of policy change in local and state environmental policy : Brownfield redevelopment in Michigan / Richard Hula -- Explaining horizontal and vertical cooperation in Michigan / Jered B. Carr, Elisabeth R. Gerber, and Eric W. Lupher -- Regional housing policy : can crisis spawn collaboration? / Dale E. Thompson -- Michigan's urban policies in an era of land use reform and creative-class cities / June Manning Thomas -- The brain drain wars : characteristics of recent movers into and out of Michigan / M. Curtis Hoffman and Jeremy Pyne -- Building a triple bottom line sustainability model in Michigan / Norman Christopher and Richard W. Jelier.

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