Consumer Services and Economic Development

by Colin C. Williams

Overview

Consumer Services have been viewed as parasitic activities, dependent on other sectors of the economy for their viability and vitality. Yet local economic policy is now looking towards consumer services to solve severe economic problems. The rapid expansion of the service sector is now a principal feature of contemporary global economic restructuri

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134760510
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/17/1997
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	491 KB

About the Author

Colin C. Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Planning at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part I: Motors of Local Economic Development: A Global Perspective 2. Does Manufacturing Matter? Deindustrialization and Tertiarization in the Global Economy 3. Producer Services and Economic Regeneration 4. Consumer Services: A Motor for Local Economic Development? Part II: The Role of Specific Consumer Service Industries in Regenerating British Localities 5. Tourism and Economic Regeneration 6. Sport and the Rejuvenation of Local Economies 7. Universities and Local Economic Development 8. Retailing and Economic Development 9. Cultural Industries and Local Revitalisation Part III: Locality Case Studies 10. Glasgow: A City of Culture? 11. Beyond Steel City: Consumer Services and Economic Development in Sheffield 12. Corporate City: The Role of Consumer Services in the Rejuvenation of Leeds 13. Consumer Services and Rural Regeneration: A Case Study of the Fens 14. London: The Role and Character of Consumer Services in a Global City 15. Conclusion: Rethinking Consumer Services and Local Economic Development

Editorial Reviews

Evaluates the contributions that consumer services can make to local economic development and revitalization. Three sections evaluate manufacturing, producer services, and consumer services as motors for economic development; examine the economic contributions of tourism, sport, universities, retailing, and cultural industries; and illustrate the specific contributions of consumer services in five different geographical contexts<-->the second-tier urban economies of Glasgow, Sheffield and Leeds, the Fens rural economy in East Anglia, and a global city (London). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'Clearly written and well edited, the volume ought to provide an invaluable source for researcher and students interested in the nature of policy change in this dynamic and rapidly growing area of political life in the EU.' - Neil Ward, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

'Consumer Services and Economic Development represents a welcome and affordable addition to the available texts on service industires and regional and local economic development, and relevant undergraduate reading lists.' - Town Planning Review, Vol 69, No.2, April 98

'Consumer Services and Economic Development will become an influential book among researchers and practitioners of local economic development...It is well written and authoriative across a broad range of literature, ideas and case studies..should provide numerous fruitful avenues for reserch in the field of tourism.' - Research, Vol 25, No.3, 1998

'The book is well written and easy to read, but it is well suited as a textbook for courses which explore aspects of retailing and consumer sources.' - Environment and Planning Review.

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