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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Why Do Some Places Generate More Wealth Than Others?
Places in a Shrinking World
History and Industrial Legacies
2 Size and Location
The Four Golden Rules of Regional Growth
The Positive Relationship between Size and Wealth
The Seven Pillars of Agglomeration
Why Smaller Cities Exist
Location
A Simple Template
3 The Regional Origins of Wealth: Where It All Began
When Location and Size Mattered Less
Water and Waterways
A Tale of Two Continents
Europe’s Blue Banana
North America’s Bipolar Destiny
South of the Border—Mexico
Lessons from Europe and North America
4 Why Is the Geography of Wealth More Unequal in Some Nations?
On the Use of the Word “Disparity”
Why Regional Disparities Happen—and Should Eventually Disappear
Why Regional Disparities Are Higher in Some Nations
Why Are Regional Disparities More Difficult to Overcome in Some Nations?
Why the United States Is Different
5 Cities and National Economic Growth: An Asymmetrical Relationship
A Short History (and Explanation) of Urbanization
Urbanization Is an Outcome of Economic Growth (Not the Other Way Around)
Is Urbanization Different in Developing Nations?
Third World Cities: Victims of Progress?
The Difference between the Foundations of National and Local Economic Growth
6 Regional Growth in the Green and Gray Knowledge Economy
Hedonic Regional Growth
Green Migrations: Sun, Surf, and Cafés
Gray Migration: Golf, Châteaux, and Boardwalks
Size and Location Also Matter for Tourism
Revisiting the Rules of Regional Growth
Archipelagos of Growth
Zero-sum Growth
Some Places Will Decline
Some Places Will Continue to Grow (or Decline) for Unique Reasons
7 What Have We Learned?
Some Places Will Always Be Wealthier than Others
Cities Will Continue to Grow
The Diversification of the Sources of Regional Growth
The Never-ending Search for the Right Strategy
The New Importance of Place: People
Data Sources: Tables, Figures, and Maps
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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