TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ofori-Amoah,Benjamin
ED  - University Press of America
TI  - Beyond the metropolis: urban geography as if small cities mattered 
SN  - 0761835857
AV  - GF125 .B49 2007
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - University Press of America
KW  - Urban geography
KW  - Cities and towns
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- Introduction; -- 1. Small city studies and geographic perspectives; / Benjamin Ofori-Amoah; -- part I. Evolution and growth of small cities; -- 2. From frontier outpost to northern capital: the growth and functional transformation of Prince George, BC, Canada; / Greg Halseth, Kent Sedgwick, and Benjamin Ofori-Amoah; -- 3. Urbanization of the midwestern countryside: the case of Minnesota's small cities; / John S. Adams and Barbara J. VanDrasek; -- 4. Demographic changes in America's small cities, 1990-2000; / Christiana K. Brennan and Christopher Hoene; -- 5. Population growth, demographic changes, and spatial distribution of small cities in Mexico, 1970-2000; / Jorge González Sánchez and Maria Teresa Gutiérrez de MacGregor; -- part II. The internal structure of small cities; -- 6. Micropolitan Ohio: a study of internal structure of small cities; / James W. Fonseca; -- 7. Globalization, neoliberal policies, and the changing landscapes of small cities: the case of Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico; / Michael S. Yoder; -- 8. The urban corona effect and retail change in small cities: the case of central Iowa; / Thomas L. Bell and Margaret M. Gripshover; -- 9. Location dynamics of economic activities in America's small cities: the experience of five Wisconsin cities; / Benjamin Ofori-Amoah; -- part III. Planning and managing change in small cities; -- 10. Revitalizing small city downtowns: the case of Brandon, Canada; / Doug Ramsey, Derrek Eberts, and John Everitt; -- 11. Downtown retailing and revitalization of small cities: lessons from Chillicothe and Mount Vernon, Ohio; / Andreas Otto; -- 12. Managing downtown revitalization projects in small cities: lessons from Kentucky's Main Street program; / Christa Smith; -- 13. Public transportation in small cities: the case of Marysville and Yuba City, California; / Thomas Irion; -- 14. Housing and urban development problems in small cities: the case of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico; / Luís Felipe Cabrales Barajas; -- 15. Public policy and development of small cities: the experience of Israel's development towns; / Erez Tzfadia; -- Conclusion; -- 16. The future of urban geography as if small cities mattered; / Benjamin Ofori-Amoah
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