1st Edition
The High-Tech Potential Economic Development in Rural America
By Amy K. Glasmeier
Copyright 1991
239 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
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Rural America is at a crossroads in its economic development. Like regions of other First World nations, the traditional economic base of rural communities in the United States is rapidly deteriorating. Natural resources, including agriculture, show little prospect for generating future job growth, and manufacturing has become a new source of instability. Faced with these changes and an increasing... Read more
Tables, Figures, Acknowledgments, Rural High Tech: Problems and Prospects, The What, Where, and Why of High Tech, Regional Distribution of Rural High Tech, Regional High-Tech Location and Rural Industrialization, Strategic Sectors' Shortcomings Confront Rural Communities, Unmasking High-Tech Location, Factors Influencing Rural High-Tech Plant and Employment Location, Factors Governing the Spatial Distribution of High-Tech Jobs and Plants Among Cities and Rural Communities, Prospects for Rural High-Tech Development, Appendix A, Appendix B, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Amy K. Glasmeier
