Economic Development Planning Research and Upstate New York

Special Series on the Health of Upstate New York

- From the Metropolitan Policy Program of The Brookings Institution
- A Series by Cornell University's City and Regional Planning Faculty

This series of five publications examines the social and economic health of Upstate New York over the past two decades. It focuses on trends in Upstate as a whole, in the 11 major metropolitan areas that make up Upstate, and the six broad regions (such as Hudson Valley and Rochester/Finger Lakes) that are home to these metro areas and their surrounding rural counties. The analyses use data from the U.S. Census of Population and Housing, the Regional Economic Information System, County Business Patterns, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Inventory. Listed below are four of the publications that are relevant to economic development.
 

	Losing Ground: Income and Poverty in Upstate New York, 1980-2000 Rolf Pendall and Susan Christopherson, September 2004
	Transition and Renewal: The Emergence of a Diverse Upstate Economy Rolf Pendall, Matthew P. Drennan, and Susan Christopherson, January 2004
	Sprawl Without Growth: The Upstate Paradox Rolf Pendall, October 2003
	Upstate New York's Population Plateau: The Third-Slowest Growing 'State' Rolf Pendall, August 2003