Sizing the Clean Economy: A National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment

This report begins by noting why the metropolitan clean economy matters and then proceeds to describe the definition, methods, and data used here to measure the clean economy nationally and across various levels of geography, with a focus on the 100 largest U.S. metro areas. After that, the report reviews a series of measurements and trends that characterize the development of the clean economy across the nation and its regions. Finally, the report discusses those trends, and concludes by commenting on a number of policy problems that may be slowing the growth of the clean economy and suggesting some priorities for federal, state, regional, and private-sector work to advance clean economy growth.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/0713_clean_economy.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • https://www.brookings.edu/research/sizing-the-clean-economy-a-national-and-regional-green-jobs-assessment/
• Corporate Authors:

  Brookings Institution

  Metropolitan Policy Program, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036-2188
• Authors:
  • Muro, Mark
  • Rothwell, Jonathan
  • Saha, Devashree
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 68p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Employment; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Fuel conservation; Job opportunities; Jobs; Natural resources; Regional economics; Renewable energy sources; Resource utilization; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation; Transportation careers
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01355087
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 25 2011 11:46AM