North American cities and the global economy : challenges and opportunities

Introduction - Wilbur R Thompson Urban Economics in the Global AgePART ONE: NORTH AMERICAN CITIES AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR ISSUESNorth American Municipalities and Their Involvement in the Global Economy - Earl H FryThe Determinants of Urban Competitiveness - Peter Karl Kresl A SurveyCities and Citizens in Flux - John Kincaid Global Consumer Integration and Local Civic FragmentationPART TWO: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL1IZATION IN REVITALIZING NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPALITIES Globalization and Wage Polarization in US and Canadian Cities - Marc V Levine Does Public Policy Make a Difference?Globalizing Economies and Cities - Daniel Hiernaux A View from MexicoPART THREE: MUNICIPAL NETWORKING AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIONLocal Responses to Globalization and Regional Economic Integration - Norris C ClementWorld Cities in the Making - Arie Shachar The European ContextDeterminants of the Growth and Decline of Cities in North America - Pierre-Paul ProulxPART FOUR: CASE STUDIES OF NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPALITIESPlanning a US-Mexico Binational Metropolis - Samuel Schmidt El Paso, Texas-Ciudad Ju[a]arez, ChihuahuaAchieving Sustainability in Cascadia - Alan F J Artibise An Emerging Model of Urban Growth Management in the Vancouver-Seattle-Portland CorridorDeveloping Global Cities in the Pacific Northwest - Theodore H Cohn and Patrick J Smith The Cases of Vancouver and SeattleConclusion and Epilogue - Gary Gappert The Future of Cities and Their Policies in the Global EconomyA Select Bibliography on Cities and Globalization - Paul Gregory