Second Tier Cities
Rapid Growth beyond the Metropolis
Over the past thirty years, transnational investment, trade, and government policies have encouraged the decentralization of national economies, disrupting traditional patterns of urban and regional growth. Many smaller cities -- such as Seattle, Washington; Campinas, Brazil; Oita, Japan; and Kumi, Korea -- have grown markedly faster than the largest metropolises. Dubbed here second tier cities, they are home to specialized industrial complexes that have taken root, provided significant job growth, and attracted mobile capital and labor.The culmination of an ambitious five-year, fourteen-city research project conducted by an international te…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8166-3374-6
- EAN: 9780816633746
- Produktnummer: 19616940
- Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 424 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.5 cm 556 g
- Gewicht: 556
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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