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Books reviewed in this article:
Local and Regional Economic Development: Renegotiating Power Under Labour. R.J. Bennett and D. Payne.
International Migration into the 21^st Century. Essays in Honour of Reginald Appleyard. M.A.B. Siddique (ed.).
Economic Structure and Maturity: Collected papers in input-output modelling and applications. Ranko Bon.
Regional planning and development in Europe. David Shaw, Peter Roberts, and James Walsh (eds).     

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Regional Convergence in the European Union: Facts, Prospects and Policies (Advances in Spatial Science). J.R. Cuadrado-Roura and M. Parellada (eds.)
Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy (Advances in Spatial Science). R.J. Stimson, R.R. Stough, and B.H. Roberts
Convergence after Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe. Gabriele Tondl
The Decline of the South African Economy. Stuart Jones (ed)
Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage. Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson, and Roger R. Stough (eds.)     

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Urban and Regional Economics. Philip McCann
New Analytical Advances in Transportation and Spatial Dynamics. Massimo Gastaldi and Aura Reggiani (eds.)
Intelligent Transport Systems. Roger R. Stough (ed.)
International Urban Planning Settings: Lessons of Success (International Review of Comparative Public Policy, Vol. 12). Jack F. Williams and Robert J. Stimson (eds.)
Information and Communications Technology as Potential Catalyst for Sustainable Urban Development. L. van den Berg L. and W. van Winden     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Institutions and Regional Labour Markets in Europe. L. van der Laan and S.M. Ruesga (Eds.)
The European High-Speed Train and Urban Development: Experiences in Fourteen European Urban Regions (EURICUR Series). L. van den Berg, P. Pol
European Cities in Competition (ESF series). C. Jensen-Butler, A. Schachar and J. van Weesep (Eds.)     

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Mathematical Location and Land Use Theory: An Introduction (2nd ed.) Tönu Puu.
European Regional Growth. Bernard Fingleton (ed.).
New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy. Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo (eds.)
Spatial Interaction Modelling: A Regional Science Context. John R.     

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Information and Pricing in Road Transportation. (Advances in Spatial Science) R.H.M. Emmerink
Crossing Borders: Regional and Urban Perspectives on International Migration. Cees Gorter, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Foot (eds.)
University Research and Regional Innovation. A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Academic Technology Transfers. Attila Varga     

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Spatial Economic Science: New Frontiers in Theory and Methodology (Advances in Spatial Science). Aura Reggiani (ed.).
Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism. Luis Suarez-Villa.
Regional Economic Change in Russia. P. Hanson, M. Bradshaw (eds).     

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Water Wisdom , by Colin Allsebrook.
Regional Ground-Water Quality. Edited by W. M. Alley.
Respirometry of Activated Sludge , by Milenko Ros.
Strategy for the Sustainable Use of England's Estuaries , by English Nature.
European Environmental Law Casebook , by L. Krämer.     

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Social Change and Sustainable Transport. William R. Black and Peter Nijkamp (eds). Bloomington:
Asia Meets Europe: Inter-Regionalism and the Asia-Europe Meeting. Julie Gilson.
Culture, Institutions and Economic Development. A Study of Eight European Regions. Michael Keating, John Loughlin and Kris Deschouwer.
Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition. Johannes Bröcker, Dirk Dohse and Rüdiger Solwede (eds.)     

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Globalization and Integrated Area Development in European Cities. F. Moulaert (ed).
Social Security and Solidarity in the European Union: Facts, Evaluations and Perspectives , Joos P. A. van Vugt, Jan M. Peet (eds.).     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Analytical Transport Economics: An International Perspective (Transport Economics and Management Policy Series). Jacob B. Polak and Arnold Heertje (eds).
Creating the New Economy: The Entrepreneur and the US Resurgence. R.D. Norton.
Globalization and Marginality in Geographical Space: Political, Economic and Social Issues of Development in the New Millenium. Heikki Jussila, Roser Majoral, Fernanda Delgado-Cravidao (eds.).
Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel (Spatial Information Systems Series). Marlon Boarnet and Randall Crane.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Managing Water as an Economic Resource , by J. Wimpenny.
Land Use Planning and the Water Sector: A review of Development Plans and Catchment Management Plans , by S. Slater, S. Marvin and M. Newson.
Landscape Specification: Guide to Products and Services for the External Environment. 4th Edition . Edited by C. Robertson.
Design of Flood Storage Reservoirs , by M. J. Hall, D. L. Hockin and J. B. Ellis.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Recent Developments in Spatial Analysis. Spatial Statistics, Behavioural Modelling, and Computational Intelligence. (Advances in Spatial Science) Manfred M. Fischer and Arthur Getis
Regional and Local Potential for Transformation in Poland. G. Gorzelak
The City and its Sciences. C.S. Bertuglia, G. Bianchi, A. Mela (Eds.)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The American Country Club: Its Origins and Development James M. Mayo
Design as a Catalyst for Learning Meredith Davis, Peter Hawley, Bernard McMullan, and Gertrude Spilka
Shaping Structures: Statics Waclaw Zalewski and Edward Allen
Understanding Structures Fuller Moore     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Housing and Policies under Fiscal Austerity , edited by W. Van Vliet. Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia , by Robert Fishman. Landscapes of Despair: From Deinstitutionalization to Homelessness , by Michael J. Dear and Jennifer R. Wolch, Princeton. Urban and Regional Planning in Canada , by J. Barry Cullingworth. Revitalizing Urban Economies , by the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD).     

Housing Melburnians for the Next Twenty Years: Problems,Prospects and Possibilities

In 1988 the Victorian government published Victoria: Trading on Achievement, a long term urban development framework for future growth. An inter-developmental committee was then established to undertake a wide-ranging strategic study entitled Urban Centres- A Regional Development Program for Victoria.     

Integration in the Regions: Cross-sectoral Housing Policy Co-ordination at Regional Level

This paper considers policy integration between housing and other sectors at regional level, focusing on Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and regional planning. Regional housing structures and policies have had only a marginal impact on other sectors and this seems to be due in part to the fragmented nature of the housing sector, in particular to limited private sector involvement in regional housing structures. RDA emphasis on economic growth over social and regeneration issues also acts as a barrier to RDA engagement with housing. Housing involvement in planning is hindered by lengthy and cumbersome planning processes. Fragmentation and lack of co-ordination, in fact, seem to be characteristic of the regional level in England and this acts as a general barrier to integration, along with the lack of a mechanism for dealing with conflicting priorities, pointing to a pressing need for the government's proposed directly elected Regional Assemblies.     

A model system for policy impact analysis in the Tuscany region

The Regional Development Group at IIASA and the Regional Institute for Economic Planning of Tuscany (IRPET) are currently engaged in a Case Study of the use of system analytic methods aimed at medium-term forecasting, impact analysis, policy evaluation and planning, related to the Tuscany region in Italy. In this paper, we give an overview of the individual elements of that models system, based on a biregional inputoutput model, and of the interrelations between them. We also propose and provide a common frame of reference for the work on the various sub-models currently being developed or planned. Finally we will dwell on a possible final structure of the system including appropriate computer software.     

Book reviews

Managing Cities. The New Urban Context. P. Healey, S. Cameron, S. Davoudi, S. Graham & A. Madani‐Pour (Eds) Chichester, John Wiley and Sons, 1995, £14.95 pb, ISBN 0–471–95533–7

Industrial Property: Policy and Economic Development. Rick Ball & Andy Pratt (Eds). London, Routledge, 1994, £45.00 hb, ISBN 0–415–09152–7

Grassroots Environmental Action: People's Participation in Sustainable Development. Dharam P. Ghai & Jessica M. Vivian (Eds). London and New York, Routledge, 1995 (pb), 347 pp., ISBN 0–415–12703–3

Services and Space: Key Aspects of Urban and Regional Development. N. Marshall & P. Wood. Essex, Longman Scientific and Technical, 1995, 294 pp., £17.99 pb, ISBN 0–582–25162–1

Servicing The Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Labour in Contemporary Britain. Nicky Gregson & Michelle Lowe. Routledge, 1994, vii + 327 pp., £13.99 pb, ISBN 0–419–08531–4

Urban Development Planning: Lessons for the Economic Reconstruction of South Africa's Cities. Richard Tomlinson. Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 1994, 277 pp., £14.95 pb, ISBN 1–868–14258–2     

Land Ownership and Planning

Your City Tomorrow. By Guy Greer. Macmillan Company. 1947. 210 pages. $2.50.

The Case for Regional Planning with Special Reference to New England. By the Directive Committee on Regional Planning, Yale University. Yale University Press. 1947. 94 pages with color illustrations. $10.00.

American Planning: Past-Present-Future. By Cleveland Rodgers. Harper and Bros. 1947. 290 pages. $3.00.

Public Control of Highway Access and Roadside Development. Reported by David R. Levin. United States Government Printing Office. 1947. 154 pages. 35 cents.

Metropolis in Maps. Bureau of Research Municipal Government, Graduate School of Public Administration, Harvard University.

Social Housing and its Advancement in Zurich, 1942-45 (Der Sociale Wohnbau und Seine Foerdenrng in Zurich) Published by Hochbauamt der Stadt Zurich, Switzerland. 113 pages with plans, photographs, tables. $5.00. Obtainable through the Architectural Publishing Book Company, New York City