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

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Other Authors: Jelier, Richard W. (Richard William), Sands, Gary
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2009], ©2009.
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Physical Description:x, 335 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Metropolitan affairs in Michigan and the triple bottom line / Richard W. Jelier and Gary Sands
  • The economic and fiscal background of metropolitan policies in Michigan / Charles Ballard
  • Michigan's industrial tax abatements : pyrrhic victories? / Gary Sands and Laura 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 : how Michigan continues to fuel sprawl / Soji Adelaja, Annalie Campos and Yohannes 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 Lupher
  • The housing crisis in Michigan : opportunities for regional collaboration / Dale Thompson
  • Michigan's urban policies in an era of land use reform and creative-class cities / June Manning Thomas
  • The brain drain : characteristics of recent movers into and out of Michigan / Mark Hoffman and Jeremy Pyne
  • Building a triple bottom line sustainability model in Michigan / Norman Christopher and Richard W. Jelier.