Second Tier Cities: Rapid Growth Beyond the Metropolis Volume 3

by Ann Markusen

Analyzes and compares the rapid growth of medium-sized cities.

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 metropolitan regions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816633746
• ISBN13: 9780816633746
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"