Commercial redevelopment of former base land vastly outperforms the base economically

Evidence

A 2007 study found that the area’s impact on the local economy was about 215 times that of the base. Another study has shown that a shopping mall and office complex in the Okinawan capital, Naha, has sixteen times the economic benefit of the military housing formerly occupying the site. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 930

Categorization

• SEED: A concrete economic-redevelopment success story angle on Okinawa countering claims that bases are needed for local jobs.