Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Why Focus on Small Towns? -- Globalisation and Small Town Development -- Liveability and Sustainability -- 2. Mobilising for Change in Small Towns -- Mobilisation Against Globalisation -- Local, Organic, Authentic, Slow -- Networking Toward Sustainability -- 3. Environmental Sustainability -- Sustainability Conflicts -- Environmental Problems in Small Towns -- The Big Picture: Global and Local Action -- Sweden's Eko Kommun Movement -- Land Use and Urban Development -- Vigorous Small Town Responses -- 4. Inherited Identities: Built Form and Sense of Place -- The Legacy of Built Form -- A Cumulative Legacy -- The Social Construction of Place -- Affect and Intersubjectivity -- 5. Sustainability by Design -- Designs for Liveability -- Street Life: Content, Movement, and Conviviality -- 6. Sustainable Economies -- Economic Challenges -- Chasing Smokestacks or Developing Community? -- Alternative Economic Spaces -- Small Business Development -- Place Economies -- 7. Conviviality, Hospitality, and Local Products -- Conviviality -- Hospitality -- Local Products -- 8. Creativity and Culture -- Community-based Art, Culture, and Creativity -- The Creative Class Debate -- 9. Equity: Housing, Work, and Social Well-Being -- Equity and Social Well-Being -- The Institutional Infrastructure: Partnerships, Community Capacity, and Community Engagement -- 10. Small Town Development in Emerging Countries -- Small Towns in China -- Challenges and Problems of Chinese Small Towns -- Small Town Development in South Korea -- Cittaslow Towns in South Korea -- Lessons for Small Town Development in Emerging Countries -- 11. Conclusion: What Works (and What Doesn't) -- Insights from Emerging Countries -- Will Small Towns Make a Difference? -- Critical Success Factors -- Notes -- Key References -- Internet Resources.

Index of Places -- Photo Credits.