European Cities in Competition Book

	List of tables
	List of figures
	List of contributors
	Preface
1	Competition between cities, urban performance and the role of urban policy: a theoretical framework	3
2	The set of cities	43
3	Glasgow: the post-industrial city	79
4	Paris: city of opposites	103
5	Geneva: urban policy in its infancy	132
6	Lisbon: metropolis between centre and periphery	147
7	Barcelona: the olympic city	179
8	Copenhagen: a redistributive city?	209
9	Athens: intersubjective facets of urban performance	244
10	Budapest: return to European competition	274
11	Milan: the failure of agency in the metropolis	299
12	Stockholm: welfare and well-being	332
13	Policies to improve the efficiency of urban areas	357
14	Urban policies to promote equity	385
15	Alternatives to the polluting city	421
16	Competitive political and administrative systems	446
17	Marketing the city	468
18	Perspective: competition, urban planning and urban policy	494
	Name index	509
	Subject index	515