Williams / Pendras Secondary Cities

Exploring Uneven Development in Dynamic Urban Regions of the Global North
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1209-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

This book explores cities and the intra-regional relational dynamics often overlooked by urban scholars, and it challenges common representations of urban development successes and failures.

Gathering leading international scholars from Europe, Australia and North America, it explores the secondary city concept in urban development theory and practice and advances a research agenda that highlights uneven development concerns.

By emphasising the subordinate status of secondary cities relative to their dominant neighbours the book raises new questions about regional development in the Global North. It considers alternative relations and development strategies that innovatively reimagine the subordinate status of secondary cities and showcase their full potential.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Charles

Pendras, Mark

Weitere Mitwirkende

Meijers, Evert J.

O.V. Cardoso, Rodrigo

Mayer, Heike

Meili, Rahe

Kaufmann, David

Johnson, Louise

Hytrek, Gary

Dierwechter, Yonn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Secondary Cities: Introduction to a Research Agenda ~ Mark Pendras and Charles Williams

Shedding Light or Casting Shadows? Relations Between Primary and Secondary Cities ~ Evert Meijers and Rodrigo Cardoso

Small and Medium-Sized Towns As Secondary Cities: The Case of Switzerland ~ Heike Mayer, Rahel Meili and David Kaufmann

From Sleepy Hollow to Winning from Second: Identity, Autonomy and Borrowed Size in an Australian Urban Region ~ Louise C. Johnson

Metropolization Processes and Intra-Regional Contrasts: The Uneven Fortunes of English Secondary Cities ~ Rodrigo Cardoso and Evert Meijers

Situating the Secondary City: Uneven Development and Regional Gentrification in Tacoma, WA ~ Charles Williams and Mark Pendras

Borrowed Social Performance: Labour and Community Organizations in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California ~ Gary Hytrek

Intra-Regional Relationality and Green City-Regionalism: Placing the Role of ‘Secondary Cities’ ~ Yonn Dierwechter

Conclusion: Advancing the Secondary City Perspective ~ Charles Williams and Mark Pendras

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Pendras is an Associate Professor in the School of Urban Studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.

Charles Williams is an Associate Professor in political science and labor studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.