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North American Cities and the Global Economy
Challenges and Opportunities
Edited by:
- Peter Karl Kresl - Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
- Gary Gappert
September 1995 | 352 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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.
Wilbur R Thompson
Introduction
PART ONE: NORTH AMERICAN CITIES AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR ISSUES
Earl H Fry
North American Municipalities and Their Involvement in the Global Economy
Peter Karl Kresl
The Determinants of Urban Competitiveness
John Kincaid
Cities and Citizens in Flux
PART TWO: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL1IZATION IN REVITALIZING NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPALITIES
Marc V Levine
Daniel Hiernaux
Globalizing Economies and Cities
PART THREE: MUNICIPAL NETWORKING AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
Norris C Clement
Local Responses to Globalization and Regional Economic Integration
Arie Shachar
World Cities in the Making
Pierre-Paul Proulx
Determinants of the Growth and Decline of Cities in North America
PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES OF NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPALITIES
Samuel Schmidt
Planning a US-Mexico Binational Metropolis
Alan F J Artibise
Achieving Sustainability in Cascadia
Theodore H Cohn and Patrick J Smith
Developing Global Cities in the Pacific Northwest
Gary Gappert
Conclusion and Epilogue
Paul Gregory
A Select Bibliography on Cities and Globalization