Developing Frontier Cities

• One: Frontier Urban Development in a Global Context.- 1. Moving Frontiers: A Local-Global Perspective.- 2. The Frontier Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century.- 3. Institutional Requirements for New Local, National and Multinational Planning Realities in Europe.- 4. The Future of Frontier Cities.- 5. Living on the Edge: Conditions of Marginality in the Canadian Urban System.- 6. Innovation Networks, Dynamic Externalities and Peripheral Cities in a Global Context.- Two: Case Studies.- 7. Developing Frontier Cities: Lessons from the Cities of the Prairie Program.- 8. Modernization and the Mobilization of Public Capital: Developing Pueblo, Colorado, 1960–1997.- 9. Globalization and Cities in Frontier Regions: A Case Study of Northern Australia.- 10. Competitive Advantage in Frontier Regions of Europe: Redefining the Global-Local Nexus.- 11. Alternative Models of Urban Development in Frontier Regions: The Case of Friuli, Italy.- 12. Local Initiatives in Peripheral Areas: An Intercultural Comparison Between Two Case Studies in Brazil and Austria.- 13. The Polyurban Frontier in Post-Industrial Israel.- 14. The Challenge of Industrial Development for Israel’s Frontier Cities.- 15. New Egyptian Desert Cities.- 16. Urban Development at the Ecuador Amazon Frontier: Boom Towns or Gloom Towns.

'In general, the collective volume makes a very good impression and leaves few doubts concerning the high degree of proficiency of it authors and editors. Unquestionably, the book may appeal to a wide audience, ranging from economists and regional planners to students of population geography, and all those concerned with the future of regional development planning.' International Journal of Population Geography, 7:1 (2001)