LED 686Practice of Local Economic Development
- Level
- Graduate
- Last listed
- Winter 2016
No longer offered. It’s in the archived Graduate Calendars from Fall 2006 (the oldest one online) to Winter 2016. The calendars after Winter 2016 aren’t on uwloo, so it may have been listed a little longer.
This course examines development strategies for communities to achieve their economic, social and environmental goals. The focus is on practical techniques with case studies used to illustrate broader concepts and theories. A range of development tools are introduced, e.g.: SWOT analysis, economic and demographic trend analysis, information brokering, local capacity building, private/public/NGO partnerships, local/global network formation, sustainable development indicators, website design/evaluation, and outcome evaluation techniques.
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- Graduate Calendar, Winter 2016Its last archived entry
- Graduate Calendar archivesPast Graduate Calendars
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them