Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- One. Introduction -- Two. Overall Economic Trends in the Philadelphia Area -- Three. Relative Strengths of Industrial Sectors in the Philadelphia Area -- Four. The Economic Environment of the Philadelphia Area -- Five. Executive Summary...

The major conclusions from an analysis of socioeconomic and fiscal data for each of the MCDs in the Philadelphia MSA are these: The communities experiencing the greatest population expansion are the ones that are smaller and more affluent. <p> The land use data confirms the increased absorption of...</p>

This book focuses on economic relationships within the eight counties in the Philadelphia Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. Long-term economic developments, changes in socioeconomic profiles between 1960 and 1980, and patterns of employment are examined on a county by county. Special...