Metropolitan Regions

1. Introduction
Johan Klaesson, Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson

Part I. Theory of Urban Growth

2. Agglomeration, Regional Growth, and Economic Development
John M. Quigley

3. Urban Growth
Johan Klaesson, Börje Johansson

4. Knowledge Accessibility, Economic Growth and the Haavelmo Paradox
Åke E. Andersson

5. Urban Growth Policies: The Need to Set Realistic Expectations
Paul C. Cheshire

6. Regional Economic Concentration and Growth
Scott R. Hacker, Johan Klaesson, Lars Pettersson, Pär Sjölander

7. Metropolitan Labor Productivity and Urban Spatial Structure
Evert J. Meijers

8. Wages, Productivity and Industry Composition
Johan Klaesson, Hanna Larsson

Part II. Policies and Institutions of Urban Change

9. Scenarios for European Metropolitan Regions: Winners and Losers in a Globalized World
Roberta Capello, Ugo Fratesi

10. Metropolitan Regions and Export Renewal
Lina Bjerke, Charlie Karlsson

11. Market-Size and Employment
Martin Andersson, Johan Klaesson

12. Do Planning Policies Limit the Expansion of Cities?
Stephen Sheppard

13. The Importance of ICT for Cities: e-Governance and Cyber Perceptions
Peter Nijkamp, Galit Cohen-Blankshtain

14. Interlocking Firm Networks and Emerging Mega-City Regions in the Knowledge Economy
Alain Thierstein, Stefan Lüthi

Part III. Case Studies of Urban Growth

15. Polycentric Urban Trajectories and Urban Cultural Economy
Michaël Deinema, Robert Kloosterman

16. Analysing the Competitive Advantage of Cities in the Dutch Randstad by Urban Market Overlap
Martijn J. Burger, Frank G. Oort, Ronald S. Wall, Mark J. P. M. Thissen

17. Capitalising on Institutional Diversity and Complementary Resources in Cross-Border Metropolitan Regions: The Case of Electronics Firms in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta
Javier Revilla Diez, Daniel Schiller, Susanne Meyer

18. Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Policies in Population-Declining Metropolitan Area
Kiyoshi Yamasaki, Takayuki Ueda, Shinichi Muto

19. Innovation and Knowledge Links in Metropolitan Regions: The Case of Vienna
Franz Tödtling, Michaela Trippl

20. Immigrant Location Patterns in a Southern European Metropolis: The Case of Athens
Paschalis A. Arvanitidis, George Petrakos, Dimitrios Skouras

Nyckelord: Economics/Management Science, Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Geography, Economic Policy