Developing Frontier Cities: Global Perspectives - Regional Contexts Book

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part One: Frontier Urban Development in a Global Context. 1. Moving Frontiers: A Local-Global Perspective; P. Nijkamp. 2. The Frontier Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century; D.R. Diamond. 3. Institutional Requirements for New Local, National and Multinational Planning Realities in Europe; J.M. Mastop. 4. The Future of Frontier Cities; J. Kotek. 5. Living on the Edge: Conditions of Marginality in the Canadian Urban System; L.S. Bourne. 6. Innovation Networks, Dynamic Externalities and Peripheral Cities in a Global Context; N. Hansen. Part Two: Case Studies. 7. Developing Frontier Cities: Lessons from the Cities of the Prairie Program; D.J. Elazar. 8. Modernization and the Mobilization of Public Capital: Developing Pueblo, Colorado, 1960-1997; S.L. Schechter. 9. Globalization and Cities in Frontier Regions: A Case Study of Northern Australia; K. O'Connor. 10. Competitive Advantage in Frontier Regions of Europe: Redefining the Global-Local Nexus; S.P. Dawe. 11. Alternative Models of Urban Development in Frontier Regions: The Case of Friuli, Italy; E. Saraceno. 12. Local Initiatives in Peripheral Areas: An Intercultural Comparison Between Two Case Studies in Brazil and Austria; W. Stöhr. 13. The Polyurban Frontier in Post-Industrial Israel; S.B. Cohen. 14. The Challenge of Industrial Development for Israel's Frontier Cities; H. Lithwick, Y. Gradus. 15. New Egyptian Desert Cities; D.J. Stewart. 16. Urban Development at the Ecuador Amazon Frontier: Boom Towns or Gloom Towns; R. Ryder.