Secondary Cities: Exploring Uneven Development in Dynamic Urban Regions of the Global North

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- Notes On Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Secondary Cities: Introduction To A Research Agenda -- 2. Shedding Light Or Casting Shadows? Relations Between Primary And Secondary Cities -- 3. Small And Medium-sized Towns As Secondary Cities: The Case Of Switzerland -- 4. From Sleepy Hollow To Winning From Second: Identity, Autonomy And Borrowed Size In An Australian Urban Region -- 5. Metropolization Processes And Intra-regional Contrasts: The Uneven Fortunes Of English Secondary Cities 6. Situating The Secondary City: Uneven Development And Regional Gentrification In Tacoma, Wa -- 7. Borrowed Social Performance: Labour And Community Organizations In Los Angeles And Long Beach, California -- 8. Intra-regional Relationality And Green City- Regionalism: Placing The Role Of 'secondary Cities' -- 9. Conclusion: Advancing The Secondary City Perspective -- Index -- Back Cover Edited By Jerome Pendras And Charles Williams. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.