A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns

Edited by Heike Mayer, Professor of Economic Geography, Institute of Geography and Center for Regional Economic Development, University of Bern, Switzerland and Michela Lazzeroni, Professor of Economic and Political Geography, University of Pisa, Italy

Contents:

1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Small and
Medium-Sized Towns 1
Heike Mayer and Michela Lazzeroni
2 Between urban and rural: socio-spatial identities
in small and medium-sized towns 9
Annett Steinführer
3 Small and medium-sized towns: out of the dark
agglomeration shadows and into the bright city lights? 23
Evert Meijers and Martijn Burger
4 Urbanisation, suburbanisation and territorial
development: research issues for small and
medium-sized towns 39
Christophe Demazière
5 The resilience of small and medium-sized towns
in times of crisis and recovery 57
Michela Lazzeroni
6 Innovation and entrepreneurship in small and
medium-sized towns 73
Heike Mayer
7 (Re)discovering the small and medium-sized
industrial town and its development potential 87
David Bole
8 Cultural tourism as a tool for transformation in
small and medium-sized towns 105
Chiara Rabbiosi and Dimitri Ioannides
9 Digital and smart places: ensuring a rural fit in
times of urban-biased technological push 125
Koen Salemink
10 The important role of nature in planning for small cities 141
Timothy Beatley
11 Public policy and small and medium-sized towns 161
David Kaufmann and Stefan Wittwer
12 Agents of change in small and medium-sized towns 177
Arnault Morisson
13 The road ahead: advancing our research agenda
for small and medium-sized towns in a world of
uneven development 193
Heike Mayer and Michela Lazzeroni

Index