EDWARD J. BLAKELY, DEAN OF MILANO GRADUATE SCHOOL,
RELEASES NEW BOOK: PLANNING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

(New York, NY – September 6, 2002) Edward J. Blakely, Dean of the Milano Graduate School at New School University, has released the 3rd edition of his book, Planning Local Economic Development (Sage Publications).

Since the appearance of the 1st edition in 1990, the book (co-authored with Ted K. Bradshaw) has become the foundation of an entire generation of planners and academics teaching planning. Building on the success of its predecessors, the 3rd edition, continues to explore the theories of local economic development and address the dilemmas communities face.

Blakely and Bradshaw investigate planning processes, analytical techniques, business and human resource development, as well as high-technology economic development strategies.

• Case studies, illustrations, and exercises demonstrate how each theory can be employed in a real-world setting
  
• Sample resource materials facilitate the development and design of program plans
  
• New arguments for implementing local economic development initiatives
  
• Thoroughly updated to reflect the financial boom of the 1990s and subsequent collapse, the policies of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, and the aftermath of Sept. 11
  

PUBLICATION DETAILS
Authors:
Edward J. Blakely, Dean of the Milano Graduate School, New School University, New York
Ted. K. Bradshaw, University of California at Davis
Published by:
Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 1-805-499-0721 or e-mail: [email protected]
Pages: 416

BIO
Edward J. Blakely is Dean of the Milano Graduate School and Professor of Urban Policy. Prior to becoming Dean at the Milano Graduate School, Dr. Blakely was Dean and Lusk Professor of Planning and Development at the School of Urban Planning and Development of the University of Southern California. His Ph.D. is from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Dr. Blakely is an internationally recognized scholar in urban community development and has also been a successful practitioner in strategic planning, financing, real estate development and project management. He serves on the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Urban Development and Transportation. He also serves as an advisor to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and to state governments in the United States, Australia, Sweden, and Japan. Dr. Blakely has been elected to the American Society of Public Administration.

Curently, Dr. Blakely is serving on the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Roundtable Advisory Board and the Steering Committee for the Recovery of Lower Manhattan Civic Alliance.

His books include Economic Development Finance (with Susan Giles, 2001), Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States (1997), Separate Societies: Poverty and inequality in U.S. Cities (1992, co-authored with William Goldsmith), Planning Local Economic Development (1989), Taking Development Initiatives: Local Government's Role in Economic Development (1986), and Rural Communities in Advanced industrial Society (1980).

At the Milano Graduate School, Dr. Blakely teaches Public Policy and the City (Ph.D.), Managerial Economics, and Management and Organizational Behavior.

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