Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-289) and index.

Introduction: Cities and economic change / Ronan Paddison and Tom Hutton -- Section I: Processes -- Cities, technologies and economic change / Kenneth E. Corey, Mark I. Wilson and Peilei Fan -- Cities and rescaling / John Harrison -- New economies, new spaces / Stefan Krätke -- Redundant and marginalized spaces / Ivan Turok -- Splintering labour markets / Danny MacKinnon -- Informal economies / Colin C. Williams -- Section 2: Steering the urban economy -- Boosterism, brokerage and uneasy bedfellows : networked urban governance and the emergence of post-political orthodoxy / Iain Deas and Nicola Headlam -- The resilient city : on the determinants of successful urban economies / Mario Polèse -- Imagineering the city / Marguerite van den Berg -- Inclusivity / Edgar Pieterse -- Urban economic development and environmental sustainability / Mark Whitehead -- Section 3: Reflections -- Theories of place and a place for theories / K.C. Ho -- Epilogue: Economic change, globalizing cities and the new urban order / Tom Hutton.

Cities and Economic change is a much-needed textbook, combining a sound theoretical grounding with an empirical overview of the urban economy. Specific references are made to key emergent processes and debates including splintered labour markets, informal economies, consumption, a comparative discussion of North and South, and quantitative aspects of globalization. The text is clear and readable with pedagogical features and illustrative case studies integrated throughout. The use of boxes for city examples, key questions for discussion at the end of main chapters together with suggested readings, key web sites are designed to aid learning and understanding.