Purpose – This paper seeks to examine evidence of new forms of regionalisation in both theory and practice, and the relationship between the two. In so doing, it aims to demonstrate the essential complementarity, rather than widely argued alternativeness, of both conventional and new forms of...

1. Introduction: Cities between state and globalization : towards city-regional governance -- 2. Defining city regions : cities between urban and state theories -- 3. Cities and the global : changing relationship between "inside" and "outside" -- 4. Cities, city regions and the state : locating...