Place-based economic Development

Long-term prosperity in a time of complexity and uncertainty

This article outlines a method for creating an economic development strategy in the context of an unpredictable world.

Local Economy Futures - climate change

In ways perhaps subtle or significant, climate change has affected your local economy in recent years. The question is, how much more...

Leveraging the assets of a place

A locale’s long term economic health and vitality will be assured by attending to the four factors of place-based economic development...

Building prosperity at a city’s edge

Often in a city the economies of the locales on a city’s periphery are different to those near the centre. The difference? The...

Toward Solutions for the Problem of Job Polarisation

Job polarisation is an ever-present characteristic of the economy. Using the framework of the knowledge economy and the factors that...

Research led COVID-19 Recovery

Leveraging human capital to rebound from this downturn One of the pillars upon which our modern economy rests is this: growth flows from...

Toward Peri-urban prosperity in the Knowledge Economy

There is an increasing importance of knowledge in the production of goods and services. Thus, it is of critical importance that economic...