In spite of growing mobility of production and production factors, economic development is
increasingly localized in economic agglomerations. This article reviews three partially …

Against the background of economic and technological changes caused by the globalization
and the integration process, cities in Europe face the challenge of combining …

A new conventional wisdom, spanning academic and policy communities, sees a
combination of economic competitiveness, social cohesion and responsive governance as …

City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key ideas in human
geography. While most of the world's population now lives in cities, the definition and …

Urban agglomerations-where innovation and knowledge generation activities take place-are
in a tough competition to become a major player in the global knowledge economy. It is …

There has been much critical comment on the'narrowness' of conceptions of
the'city'mobilised in urban policy in many parts of Europe, which focus on images of …

This title was first published in 2002: Urban governance has faced numerous challenges as
city governments, their partners and their critics struggle to transform themselves in the …

ABSTRACT Two aspects of New Economic Geography models are often singled out for
criticism, especially by geographers: the treatment of geography, typically as a pre-given …

In this chapter, I attempt to evaluate a number of prominent claims put forward in recent
years by both geographers and economists about the methods and scope of economic …

This paper brings two literatures into dialogue. The first is the world-cities literature that
explores the strategic importance of key cities in the global economy. The second focuses …