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Developing Frontier Cities

Global Perspectives — Regional Contexts

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Editors:
  1. Harvey Lithwick

    1. Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
      Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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  2. Yehuda Gradus

    1. Negev Center for Regional Development, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 52)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Developing Frontier Cities: Lessons from the Cities of the Prairie Program

      • Daniel J. Elazar
      Pages 117-140

    3. Modernization and the Mobilization of Public Capital: Developing Pueblo, Colorado, 1960–1997

      • Stephen L. Schechter
      Pages 141-166

    4. Globalization and Cities in Frontier Regions: A Case Study of Northern Australia

      • Kevin O’Connor
      Pages 167-187

    5. Competitive Advantage in Frontier Regions of Europe: Redefining the Global-Local Nexus

      • Shirley P. Dawe, John M. Bryden
      Pages 189-214

    6. Alternative Models of Urban Development in Frontier Regions: The Case of Friuli, Italy

      • Elena Saraceno
      Pages 215-232

    7. Local Initiatives in Peripheral Areas: An Intercultural Comparison Between Two Case Studies in Brazil and Austria

      • Walter B. Stöhr
      Pages 233-254

    8. The Polyurban Frontier in Post-Industrial Israel

      • Saul B. Cohen
      Pages 255-271

    9. The Challenge of Industrial Development for Israel’s Frontier Cities

      • Harvey Lithwick, Yehuda Gradus
      Pages 273-300

    10. New Egyptian Desert Cities

      • Dona J. Stewart
      Pages 301-312

    11. Urban Development at the EcuadorAmazon Frontier: Boom Towns or Gloom Towns?

      • Roy Ryder, Lawrence A. Brown
      Pages 313-343

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 345-347
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The Unique Nature of Frontier Cities and their Development Challenge Harvey Lithwick and Yehuda Grad us The advent of government downsizing, and globalization has led to enormous com­ petitive pressures as well as the opening of new opportunities. How cities in remote frontier areas might cope with what for them might appear to be a devastating challenge is the subject of this book. Our concern is with frontier cities in particular. In our earlier study, Frontiers in Regional Development (Rowman and Littlefield, 1996), we examined the distinction between frontiers and peripheries. The terms are often used interchangeably, but we believe that in fact, both in scholarly works and in popular usage, very different connotations are conveyed by these concepts. Frontiers evoke a strong positive image, of sparsely settled territories, offering challenges, adventure, unspoiled natural land­ scapes, and a different, and for many an attractive life style. Frontiers are lands of opportunity. Peripheries conjure up negative images, of inaccessibility, inadequate services and political and economic marginality. They are places to escape from, rather than frontiers, which is were people escape to. Peripheries are places of and for losers.

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`In general, the collective volume makes a very good impression and leaves few doubts concerning the high degree of proficiency of it authors and editors. Unquestionably, the book may appeal to a wide audience, ranging from economists and regional planners to students of population geography, and all those concerned with the future of regional development planning.'
International Journal of Population Geography, 7:1 (2001)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Harvey Lithwick

  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Harvey Lithwick

  • Negev Center for Regional Development, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Yehuda Gradus

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Developing Frontier Cities

  • Book Subtitle: Global Perspectives — Regional Contexts

  • Editors: Harvey Lithwick, Yehuda Gradus

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1235-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6061-2Published: 30 November 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5352-7Published: 03 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1235-4Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 348

  • Topics: Human Geography, Economic Geography, Economic Growth, Regional/Spatial Science, Population Economics

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