Second Tier Cities : Rapid Growth beyond the Metropolis

by Markusen, Ann R.

• ISBN13: 9780816633746
• ISBN10: 0816633746
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Summary

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 metropolises. Dubbed here "second tier cities, " they are home to specialized industrial complexes that have taken root, provided significant job growth, and attracted mobile capital and labor.

The culmination of an ambitious five-year, fourteen-city research project conducted by an international team of economics and geographers, Second Tier Cities examines the potential of these new regions to balance uneven regional development, create good, stable jobs, and moderate hyper-urbanization. Comparing across national borders, the contributors describe four types of second tier cities: Marshallian industrial districts, hub-and-spoke cities, satellite platforms, and government-anchored complexes. They find that both

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
List of Figures	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part 1. Theory and Method	1	(94)
Comprehending Fast-Growing Regions	3	(18)
Ann R. Markusen
Sean DiGiovanna
Four Structures for Second Tier Cities	21	(22)
Ann R. Markusen
Studying Regions by Studying Firms	43	(22)
Ann R. Markusen
National Contexts and the Emergence of Second Tier Cities	65	(30)
Ann R. Markusen
Part II. Case Studies	95	(238)
Brazil
Sao Jose dos Campos and Campinas: State-Anchored Dynamos	97	(28)
Clelio Campolina Diniz
Mohamad Razavi
Manaus: Vulnerability in a Satellite Platform	125	(22)
Clelio Campolina Diniz
Fabiana Borges T. Santos
South Korea
Kumi and Ansan: Dissimilar Korean Satellite Platforms	147	(16)
Sam Ock Park
Ann R. Markusen
Changwon: A State-Sponsored Industrial District	163	(20)
Ann R. Markusen
Sam Ock Park
The Masan Free Export Zone: Conflict and Attrition	183	(16)
Young-Sook Lee
Taeduk Research Park: Formation of Spin-offs and Local Linkages	199	(24)
Jun Ho Jeong
Sam Ock Park
Japan
Oita and Kumamoto: Technopolises without Brains	223	(16)
Ann R. Markusen
Masayuki Sasaki
Japanese Technopolis Policy: A View from Four Cities	239	(28)
Masatomi Funaba
Masayuki Sasaki
Young-Sook Lee
Ann R. Markusen
United States
Seattle: A Classic Hub-and-Spoke Region	267	(24)
Mia Gray
Elyse Golob
Ann R. Markusen
The Four Faces of Silicon Valley	291	(20)
Mia Gray
Elyse Golob
Ann R. Markusen
Sam Ock Park
Colorado Springs: A Military-Anchored City in Transition	311	(22)
Mia Gray
Ann R. Markusen
Part III. Analysis and Policy Implications	333	(26)
Reflections on Comparisons across Countries	335	(24)
Ann R. Markusen
Young-Sook Lee
Sean DiGiovanna
Bibliography	359	(28)
Contributors	387	(4)
Index	391