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A Return To State-Led Integrated Regional Planning? Emerging Approaches From Three U.S. States, Timothy Green, Donovan Finn
A Return To State-Led Integrated Regional Planning? Emerging Approaches From Three U.S. States, Timothy Green, Donovan Finn
School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
After decades of neglect, several U.S. states have increased support for regional development planning, creating new programs, organizations, and funding streams to support it. Analysis of programs in three states (New York, Michigan, and Indiana) shows similarities among them as well as contrasts with prior episodes of state-led regional planning. The new programs deliberately sidestep older regional planning organizations like COGs and RPCs in favor of new organizations with larger roles for the private sector and greater access to public funds. The resulting plans focus on individual projects within a pro-development agenda, but still have potential to coordinate action at …
Planning [And] The Sanitary City: Understanding Implications Of Community-Based Ecological Sanitation Reforms In The U.S., Catherine K. Bryars
Planning [And] The Sanitary City: Understanding Implications Of Community-Based Ecological Sanitation Reforms In The U.S., Catherine K. Bryars
Masters Theses
Though most commonly regarded as a revolutionary public health invention, the introduction of conventional wastewater sanitation systems has a mixed legacy in the U.S. A growing body of research links sewage-based sanitation systems with nationwide ecosystem degradation and an unsustainable dependence on vast inputs of materials and resources. In addition to contributing to chronic problems across the country, today these wastewater infrastructures are in various states of disrepair. The EPA estimates that at least $270 billion must be invested in coming years to prevent massive sanitary failures, but municipalities are increasingly unable to fund these expensive (re)investments in buried water-carriage …
Economic Diversity In Appalachia: Statistics, Strategies, And Guides For Action, Edward Feser, Troy Mix, Mark White, Kenneth Poole, Deborah Markley, Erik Pages
Economic Diversity In Appalachia: Statistics, Strategies, And Guides For Action, Edward Feser, Troy Mix, Mark White, Kenneth Poole, Deborah Markley, Erik Pages
Troy D Mix
Commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission, this report accomplishes three aims. First, it offers a quantitative portrait of economic diversity trends in Appalachian counties and sub-regions, benchmarked to U.S. trends. The portraits draws on four complementary indexes of diversity: industrial, functional, occupational, and knowledge, with the first two based on the mix of industries in a place and the latter two based on the mix of occupations. Second, the report summarizes diversity trends, economic development practices, and diversification strategies in ten Appalachian counties. The ten cases offer insights into economic development practitioners’ understanding of what economic diversity means for their …
Statistical Portrait Of Economic Diversity In Appalachia, Troy D. Mix, Edward J. Feser
Statistical Portrait Of Economic Diversity In Appalachia, Troy D. Mix, Edward J. Feser
Troy D Mix
Commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission, this report presents a quantitative portrait of economic diversity trends across US and Appalachian counties. The portrait draws on four complementary indexes of diversity: industrial, functional, occupational, and knowledge, with the first two based on the mix of industries in a place and the latter two based on the mix of occupations. Analysis and discussion focuses on the utility of economic diversity for informing regional development practice in Appalachia.
Demographic Multipliers In Delaware, Troy D. Mix, Xuan Jiang
Demographic Multipliers In Delaware, Troy D. Mix, Xuan Jiang
Troy D Mix
Summarizes research that estimated demographic multipliers for the state of Delaware to help public officials plan for the increases in service and infrastructure demand that accompany residential and nonresidential growth.
Town Of Odessa Planned Neighborhood Development District, Troy D. Mix
Town Of Odessa Planned Neighborhood Development District, Troy D. Mix
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No abstract provided.
Cabinet Committee On State Planning Issues Report To The Governor And The 144th General Assembly, Troy D. Mix
Cabinet Committee On State Planning Issues Report To The Governor And The 144th General Assembly, Troy D. Mix
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Town Of Odessa Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix, Martin Wollaston, William Decoursey
Town Of Odessa Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix, Martin Wollaston, William Decoursey
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Town Of Middletown Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix, Jonathan Justice, Barrett Edwards, Garrett Wozniak
Town Of Middletown Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix, Jonathan Justice, Barrett Edwards, Garrett Wozniak
Troy D Mix
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Town Of Viola Comprehensive Plan, Troy D. Mix