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Housing Policy and Practice in Asia. edited by Seong‐Kyu Ha London: Croom Helm 1987. p197. Tables, figures, index. £25.00.

The Mortgage Market. by M. Boleat and A. Coles. Studies in Financial Institutions and Markets No 3. London; George Allen & Unwin, 1987. ppxi + 176. £25.

The Housing Morass: Regulation, Immobility and Unemployment. by Patrick Minford, Michael Peel and Paul Ashton. London: Institute of Economic Afiairs, 1987. pp 162. £6.50.

Rural Housing in Scotland: Recent Research and Policy. edited by Bryan MacGregor, Douglas Robertson and Mark Shucksmith. Aberdeen University Press. 1987. pp 224 £11.90 paper.

Property Before People, the Management of Twentieth Century Council Housing. by Anne Power. London: Allen and Unwin. 1987. £9.95 paper.

Housing, Dwellings and Homes: Design Theory, Research and Practice. by Roderick J. Lawrence. Chichester John Wiley and Sons. 1987. pp 290. £34.00 cloth.     

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BASICS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, PRESERVING THE LEGACY, edited by Debra K. Nims, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA, pp. 365 + xii, 1999 (Soft.Cover, £32.50)

UNDERSTANDING OUR ENVIRONMENT, AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, — THIRD EDITION, edited by R. M. Harrison, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 445 + xvi (Soft Cover, £19.95)

THE CHEMISTRY OF FRAGRANCES, RSC PAPERBACKS, compiled by David H. Pybus and Charles S. Sell, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 276 + xvi, 1999 (Soft Cover, £16.95).

POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, RSC PAPERBACKS, by Gerald Scott, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 132 + xii, 1999 (no price given)

AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY, PROPERTIES, BEHAVIOR, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES, by William C. Hinds, Wiley‐Interscience, New York, USA, pp. 483+ xx, 1998, second edition (£58.50)

REGULATING CHEMICAL ACCUMULATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT THE INTEGRATION OF TOXICOLOGY AND ECONOMIC POLICY‐MAKING, edited by Timothy Swanson and Marco Vighi, Cambridge University Press, pp. 278 + xxi, 1998 (Hard Cover, US$74.95)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 200, COPPER, Inter‐organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 360 + xxii, 1998 (US$64.00)

EARTH AT A CROSSROADS. PATHS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE by H. Bossel, CUP, Cambridge, 1998, 338 pp. ($59.95 Hbk; $19.95 Pbk).

UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION by M. K. Hill. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997, 316 pp. ($69.96 Hbk; $27,95 Pbk).

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT. APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES, edited by M. S. Boyce and A. Haney; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997, 361 pp. (Hbk £30; Pbk £12.95).

PRESERVING NATURE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS. A HISTORY, by R. W. Sellars. London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999, 380 pp. (£30.00 Hbk; £9.95 Pbk).

VECTOR CONTROL, Methods for use by individuals and communities, prepared by Jan A Rozendaal, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1997, xiii + 410 pp., index ($118.80).

AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH (No. 10 in “Issues in Environmental Science and Technology"), edited by R. E. Heston and R. M. Harrison, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998, xi + 129 pp., index (£22.50).

GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, edited by B. Eliasson, P. Riemer and A. Wokaun, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1999, 1095 pp. ($255, Hbk).     

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTS, by Haus‐child, Michael and Henrik, Wenzel, Volume 2: Scientific background, 1998, Chapman and Hall, London, ISBN 0 412 808102, 1999, 565 pp. (£85.00).

GLOBAL WARMING THE HARD SCIENCE, by L. D. Danny Harvey, 2000, Pearson Education Harlow, UK, ISBN 0582 38167 3, 336 pp. (£18.99).

CLIMATE AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, by L. D. Danny Harvey, 2000, Pearson Education Harlow, UK, ISBN 0582 32261 8, 240 pp. (£ 14.99).

THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA, edited by William M. Adams, Andrew S. Goudie and Antony R. Orme, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999, ISBN 0–19–828875–1 (£19.99).

THE HUMAN IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, by Andrew Goudie, Blackwell, Oxford, 2000, 511pp. (Hbk £60, Pbk £ 17.99).

THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: A GUIDE AND ASSESSMENT, by Michael Grubb, Christian Vrolijk and Duncan Brack, Earthscan, London, 1999 (Hbk, £45; Pbk, £18.95).

FAIR WEATHER: EQUITY CONCERNS IN CLIMATE CHANGE, edited by Ferenc Toth, Earthscan, London, 1999, 224 pp. (Pbk, £16.95).

THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: INSTITUTIONS, LAW AND POLICY, edited by Norman Vig and Regina Axelrod, Earthscan, London, 1999, 352 pp. (Pbk, £20).

AVIATION AND THE GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999 (Hbk, £60; Pbk, £24.95).

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, by Alan Scragg, Longman, London, 1999. ISBN: 0 582 27682 9, ix + 249 pp., index (£ 22.00).

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS: THE ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES, by Ian Kennedy et al, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, 2000, ISBN; 0 9522701 4 5 (£20).

SAFE MANAGEMENT OF WASTES FROM HEALTH‐CARE ACTIVITIES, edited by A. Priiss, E. Giroult and P. Rushbrook, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1999, xiv +230 pp., ISBN 94 2 154525 9(564.80).

POLICIES FOR CLEANER TECHNOLOGY, by A. Clayton, G. Spinardi and R. Williams, Earthscan, UK, 1999, ISBN: 1 85383 519 6 x +310 pp., index (Pbk, £ 16.95).     

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This article describes the planning activity in Portugal in the middle of the twentieth century, notably the work of two exceptional planners, Etienne de Groër and Antão Almeida Garrett. The article moves from a first overview on the national context, to a focus on the two largest cities of Portugal, Lisbon, and Oporto. It was there that these two planners developed their most successful planning proposals. The planning activity of de Groër and Garrett is presented, first taken in isolation and then on a comparative basis. Issues addressed include the urban structure and the organization of the city, the street layout, and the system of zoning. It is argued that de Groër municipal plan for Lisbon and Garrett municipal plan for Oporto were able to leave a profound and lasting impact on these cities, being the most influential planning documents of the twentieth century in Lisbon and in Oporto.     

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Home Truths: Property Ownership and Housing Wealth in Australia. Blair Badcock and Andrew Beer. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000. ISBN 0522848931 (paperback). 212 pp.; bibliography and index. RRP $38.45.

Cities for Children: Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management. Sheridan Bartlett, Roger Hart, David Sattherwaite, Ximena de la Barra and Alfredo Missair. Earthscan, London, 1999. ISBN 185383470X. 305 pp. RRP $39.95

The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Processes. John Forester. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1999. ISBN 0262062070. 305 pp.; bibliography and index. RRP $54.95

Spaces of Hope: David Harvey. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2000. ISBN 0748612688. 293 pp.. RRP $44.00

The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators. Charles Landry. Comedia and Earthscan, Stroud and London, 2000. ISBN 1853836133 (paperback). 300 pp.; bibliography and index. RRP $48.50

Urban Regeneration: A Handbook. Peter Roberts and Hugh Sykes (eds). Sage, London, 2000. ISBN 0761967176 (paperback). 320 pp.; bibliography and index. $65.00

Sydney: The Emergence of a World City. John Connell (ed.). Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2000. ISBN 0195507487 (paperback). 381pp.; bibliography and index. RRP $35.00

Cultural Geography: Themes, Concepts, Analyses. William Norton. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. ISBN 0195413075 (paperback). 379 pp.; bibliography, glossary and index. RRP $50.95     

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Environmental Regulation in a Federal System: Framing Environmental Policy in the European Union. Tim Jeppesen
Innovation and the Growth of Cities. Zoltan J. Acs
International Finance and Open-Economy Macro-Economics. Giancarlo Gandolfo
Sports and City Marketing in European Cities. Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun, and Alexander H. J. Otagaar
China and its Regions: Economic Growth and Reform in Chinese Provinces (Series on New Horizons in International Business ). Mary-Francoise Renard (ed.)     

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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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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).