Interest in amenity focused development strategies has exploded in recent decades as policy¬makers and community leaders realize that most natural resource based and manufacturing jobs are no longer major engines of job and economic growth....

Praise for Commodity Modeling and Pricing \"It is a pleasure to see this important book in print. There is deep knowledge concerning particular industries behind the analysis in many of these contributions. From my perspective, the combination of strong econometrics and strong industry–based analysis is hard to beat....

Similar to large cities, rural towns have undergone dramatic change since mid-century. The decline in retailing, changes in manufacturing, and jobs moving abroad have had a tremendous impact....