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This book explores cities and intra-regional relational dynamics to challenge common representations of urban development 'success' and 'failure'. It provides innovative alternative relations and development strategies that reimagine the subordinate status of secondary cities.

Secondary Cities: Exploring Uneven Development in Dynamic Urban Regions of the Global North

Secondary Cities: Introduction to a Research Agenda ~ Mark Pendras and Charles Williams

Shedding Light or Casting Shadows? Relations Between Primary and Secondary Cities ~ Evert Meijers and Rodrigo Cardoso

Small and Medium-Sized Towns As Secondary Cities: The Case of Switzerland ~ Heike Mayer, Rahel Meili and David Kaufmann

From Sleepy Hollow to Winning from Second: Identity, Autonomy and Borrowed Size in an Australian Urban Region ~ Louise C. Johnson

Metropolization Processes and Intra-Regional Contrasts: The Uneven Fortunes of English Secondary Cities ~ Rodrigo Cardoso and Evert Meijers

Situating the Secondary City: Uneven Development and Regional Gentrification in Tacoma, WA ~ Charles Williams and Mark Pendras

Borrowed Social Performance: Labour and Community Organizations in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California ~ Gary Hytrek

Intra-Regional Relationality and Green City-Regionalism: Placing the Role of 'Secondary Cities' ~ Yonn Dierwechter

Conclusion: Advancing the Secondary City Perspective ~ Charles Williams and Mark Pendras