Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sighting or slighting cities in international relations -- The emerging global landscape and the new role of the globalizing city regions -- Paradiplomacy in the developing world: the case of Brazil -- The emergence of cross-border regions and Canadian-United States relations -- The evolution of city indicators: challenges and progress -- Auditing cities through circles of sustainability -- Cities, the environment, and global governance: a political ecological perspective -- Cities and global environmental NGOs: emerging transnational urban networks? -- The global city today: advantages of specialization and costs of financialization -- World city networks: measurement, social organization, global governance, and structural change -- Concluding remarks.