Introduction: Why Hong Kong? -- Reading Hong Kong in place and time -- Origins and growth, 1840s-1930s -- Transformations of Hong Kong, 1930-1970 -- Toward the twenty-first century: speed and paradox -- Hong Kong and its regional context -- Hong Kong and cities of East Asia -- Diasporic Hong Kong

Introduction to small cities : how to describe/define them? -- Small cities in a world of mega-cities -- What are the strengths and weaknesses of smaller cities? -- Is size important? -- Public policy and small cities in North America -- Public policies and small cities in the European Union --...

Nature and scope of regional and urban economics -- Linear market areas -- Market areas and systems of cities -- Industrial location -- Agglomeration economies and entrepreneur's preferences -- Spatial pricing decisions -- Short-run income models -- Supply-based regional growth analysis --...