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Throughout North America cities are strategically planning their own economic development activities and establishing relations and linkages with other cities. This book explores how cities are emerging as important actors in the international economy. The contributors address: the politics of international engagement; cities and their relations with the international economy; cross-border interaction and networking in North America; and perspectives on internationalization. The material in the book is drawn from economics, urban studies and international relations.
List of contents
Introduction - Wilbur R Thompson
Urban Economics in the Global Age
PART ONE: NORTH AMERICAN CITIES AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR ISSUES
North American Municipalities and Their Involvement in the Global Economy - Earl H Fry
The Determinants of Urban Competitiveness - Peter Karl Kresl
A Survey
Cities and Citizens in Flux - John Kincaid
Global Consumer Integration and Local Civic Fragmentation
PART TWO: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL1IZATION IN REVITALIZING NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPALITIES
Globalization and Wage Polarization in US and Canadian Cities - Marc V Levine
Does Public Policy Make a Difference?
Globalizing Economies and Cities - Daniel Hiernaux
A View from Mexico
PART THREE: MUNICIPAL NETWORKING AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
Local Responses to Globalization and Regional Economic Integration - Norris C Clement
World Cities in the Making - Arie Shachar
The European Context
Determinants of the Growth and Decline of Cities in North America - Pierre-Paul Proulx
PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES OF NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPALITIES
Planning a US-Mexico Binational Metropolis - Samuel Schmidt
El Paso, Texas-Ciudad Ju[a]arez, Chihuahua
Achieving Sustainability in Cascadia - Alan F J Artibise
An Emerging Model of Urban Growth Management in the Vancouver-Seattle-Portland Corridor
Developing Global Cities in the Pacific Northwest - Theodore H Cohn and Patrick J Smith
The Cases of Vancouver and Seattle
Conclusion and Epilogue - Gary Gappert
The Future of Cities and Their Policies in the Global Economy
A Select Bibliography on Cities and Globalization - Paul Gregory
Summary
Throughout North America cities are strategically planning their own economic development activities and establishing relations and linkages with other cities. This book explores how cities are emerging as important actors in the international economy. The contributors address: the politics of international engagement; cities and their relations with the international economy; cross-border interaction and networking in North America; and perspectives on internationalization. The material in the book is drawn from economics, urban studies and international relations.
