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Introduction, Cultural Political Economy Of Small Cities / Anne Lorentzen And Bas Van Heur -- Small Cities And The Sociospatial Specificity Of Economic Development: A Heuristic Approach / Bas Van Heur 3. On A Road To Nowhere: A Comment On Amenities And Urban And Regional Development / Høgni Kalsø Hansen And Lars Winther -- Finding Creativity In A Small City: How Qualitative Mapping Methods Can Reveal New Geographies Of Creativity / Chris Brennan-horley -- Sustaining Small Cities Through Leisure, Culture And Experience Economy / Anne Lorentzen -- Clarifying Creativity And Culture In A Small City On The Canadian Periphery: Challenges And Opportunities In Greater Sudbury / Heather M. Hall And Betsy Donald -- The Role Of Arts And Culture In Economic Regeneration: Gaelic In Glasgow / Douglas Chalmers And Mike Danson -- Making A Micropole: The Experiensation Of Vejle / Søren Smidt-jensen -- Eclectic Creativity: Interdisciplinary Creative Alliances As Informal Cultural Strategy / Alison Bain And Dylann Mclean -- Europe's Internal Periphery: Small Towns In The Context Of Reflexive Polycentricity / Paul L. Knox And Heike Mayer -- Shifting Strategies And Contexts For Culture In Small City Planning: Interlinking Quality Of Life, Economic Development, Downtown Vitality, And Community Sustainability / Nancy Duxbury -- Conflicting Economic And Cultural Subjectivities: Governing The Future Of A Small And Shrinking City / Nina Gribat -- Landscapes Of Nostalgia: Place Marketing And Nostalgia In The American Small Town / Jennifer Mapes. Edited By Anne Lorentzen And Bas Van Heur. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.