TY - BOOK AU - Jelier,Richard W. AU - Sands,Gary TI - Sustaining Michigan: metropolitan policies and strategies SN - 9780870138508 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HT334.U5 S87 2009 U1 - 338.9774/07091732 22 PY - 2009/// CY - East Lansing, Mich. PB - Michigan State University Press KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Economic aspects KW - Michigan KW - Economic policy N1 - 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 ER -