Ronan Paddison is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on the political processes driving urban change and, in particular, under what conditions local participation can contribute to the making of more inclusive and democratic cities. Recent projects have included the role of community participation in the installation of public art, and the limitations to public participation in the post-political city. He is Managing Editor of Urban Studies and of Space and Polity.Tom Hutton is Professor in the Centre for Human Settlements, School of Community & Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His principal research interests are in the ‘new economy’. Besides editing (or co-editing) special journal issues dealing with the new economy, his recent publications  include The New Economy of the Inner City (Routledge, 2008/2010), Cities and the Cultural Economy (Routledge, 2014) ; and New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: from industrial restructuring to the cultural turn (Routledge 2012; co-edited with Peter Daniels and K C Ho).

• Introduction: Cities and Economic Change - Ronan Paddison and Tom HuttonProcessesCities, Technology and Economic Change - Kenneth E. Corey, Mark I. Wilson and Peilei FanCities and Rescaling - John HarrisonNew Economies, New Spaces - Stefan KratkeRedundant and Marginalized Spaces - Ivan TurokSplintering Labour Markets - Danny MacKinnonInformal Economies - Colin WilliamsSteering the Urban EconomyBoostering, brokerage and uneasy bedfellows:Networked urban governance and the emergence of post-political orthodoxy - Iain Deas and Nicola Headlam The Resilient City: On the Determinants of Successful Urban Economies - Mario PolèseImagineering the City - Marguerite van den BergInclusivity - Edgar PieterseUrban Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability - Mark WhiteheadReflectionsTheories of Place and a Place for Theories - K.C. HoEpilogue: Economic Change, Globalising Cities and the New Urban Order - Tom Hutton

An invaluable text for all those interested in cities and economic change. Empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and written in a highly accessible way to help students understand processes underlying the changing urban economy, urban governance, and the role of place. In a world of many texts, this one deserves a place on the bookshelves.

Ronan Paddison is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on the political processes driving urban change and, in particular, under what conditions local participation can contribute to the making of more inclusive and democratic cities. Recent projects have included the role of community participation in the installation of public art, and the limitations to public participation in the post-political city. He is Managing Editor of Urban Studies and of Space and Polity.Tom Hutton is Professor in the Centre for Human Settlements, School of Community & Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His principal research interests are in the ‘new economy’. Besides editing (or co-editing) special journal issues dealing with the new economy, his recent publications  include The New Economy of the Inner City (Routledge, 2008/2010), Cities and the Cultural Economy (Routledge, 2014) ; and New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: from industrial restructuring to the cultural turn (Routledge 2012; co-edited with Peter Daniels and K C Ho).

• Introduction: Cities and Economic Change - Ronan Paddison and Tom HuttonProcessesCities, Technology and Economic Change - Kenneth E. Corey, Mark I. Wilson and Peilei FanCities and Rescaling - John HarrisonNew Economies, New Spaces - Stefan KratkeRedundant and Marginalized Spaces - Ivan TurokSplintering Labour Markets - Danny MacKinnonInformal Economies - Colin WilliamsSteering the Urban EconomyBoostering, brokerage and uneasy bedfellows:Networked urban governance and the emergence of post-political orthodoxy - Iain Deas and Nicola Headlam The Resilient City: On the Determinants of Successful Urban Economies - Mario PolèseImagineering the City - Marguerite van den BergInclusivity - Edgar PieterseUrban Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability - Mark WhiteheadReflectionsTheories of Place and a Place for Theories - K.C. HoEpilogue: Economic Change, Globalising Cities and the New Urban Order - Tom Hutton

An invaluable text for all those interested in cities and economic change. Empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and written in a highly accessible way to help students understand processes underlying the changing urban economy, urban governance, and the role of place. In a world of many texts, this one deserves a place on the bookshelves.

Ronan Paddison is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on the political processes driving urban change and, in particular, under what conditions local participation can contribute to the making of more inclusive and democratic cities. Recent projects have included the role of community participation in the installation of public art, and the limitations to public participation in the post-political city. He is Managing Editor of Urban Studies and of Space and Polity.Tom Hutton is Professor in the Centre for Human Settlements, School of Community & Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His principal research interests are in the ‘new economy’. Besides editing (or co-editing) special journal issues dealing with the new economy, his recent publications  include The New Economy of the Inner City (Routledge, 2008/2010), Cities and the Cultural Economy (Routledge, 2014) ; and New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: from industrial restructuring to the cultural turn (Routledge 2012; co-edited with Peter Daniels and K C Ho).

• Introduction: Cities and Economic Change - Ronan Paddison and Tom HuttonProcessesCities, Technology and Economic Change - Kenneth E. Corey, Mark I. Wilson and Peilei FanCities and Rescaling - John HarrisonNew Economies, New Spaces - Stefan KratkeRedundant and Marginalized Spaces - Ivan TurokSplintering Labour Markets - Danny MacKinnonInformal Economies - Colin WilliamsSteering the Urban EconomyBoostering, brokerage and uneasy bedfellows:Networked urban governance and the emergence of post-political orthodoxy - Iain Deas and Nicola Headlam The Resilient City: On the Determinants of Successful Urban Economies - Mario PolèseImagineering the City - Marguerite van den BergInclusivity - Edgar PieterseUrban Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability - Mark WhiteheadReflectionsTheories of Place and a Place for Theories - K.C. HoEpilogue: Economic Change, Globalising Cities and the New Urban Order - Tom Hutton

An invaluable text for all those interested in cities and economic change. Empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and written in a highly accessible way to help students understand processes underlying the changing urban economy, urban governance, and the role of place. In a world of many texts, this one deserves a place on the bookshelves.