Planning, economic development, & public works

Content for Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Readings

• Chapters 8, 12 and 14 in Managing Local Government Services: The Challenge of Change (Nelson and Stenberg 2021)
• Brinkley, Catherine, and Carl Stahmer. “What Is in a Plan? Using Natural Language Processing to Read 461 California City General Plans.” (Brinkley and Stahmer 2021)
• Morgan, Jonathan Q., Michele M. Hoyman, and Jamie R. McCall. “Everything but the Kitchen Sink? Factors Associated With Local Economic Development Strategy Use.” (Morgan, Hoyman, and McCall 2019)
• Kim, Jiseul, and Carol Ebdon. “Asset Maintenance Practices and Challenges in U.S. Counties.” (Kim and Ebdon 2021)

References

Brinkley, Catherine, and Carl Stahmer. 2021. “What Is in a Plan? Using Natural Language Processing to Read 461 California City General Plans.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, March, 0739456X2199589. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X21995890.

Kim, Jiseul, and Carol Ebdon. 2021. “Asset Maintenance Practices and Challenges in U.S. Counties.” Public Works Management & Policy 26 (3): 259–78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087724X20937715.

Morgan, Jonathan Q., Michele M. Hoyman, and Jamie R. McCall. 2019. “Everything but the Kitchen Sink? Factors Associated With Local Economic Development Strategy Use.” Economic Development Quarterly 33 (4): 267–78. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891242419857152.

Nelson, Kimberly L., and Carl W. Stenberg. 2021. Managing Local Government Services: The Challenge of Change. 4th ed. Washington, D.C: ICMA Press.