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Book reviewed in this article: Magic Lands: Western Cityscapes and American Culture After 1940, by John M. Findlay AfterCulture: Detroit and the Humiliation of History, by Jerry Herron, Detroit Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space, edited by Michael Sorkin Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World, by Sharon Zukin Old Problems in New Times: Urban Strategies for the 1990% by Oliver E. Byrum Shaping a National Urban Agenda: The Role of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, by Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Subcommittee on National Urban Policy Dividing the Waters: Governing Groundwater in Southern California, by William Blomquist     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economic Growth and Fiscal Planning: New York in the 1990s , by Roy Bahl and William Duncombe Social Inequality in Oaxaca: A History of Resistance and Change , by Arthur D. Murphy and Alex Stepick Official Leadership in the City: Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation , by James H. Svara The Pentagon and the Cities , Urban Affairs Annual Reviews #40, edited by Andrew Kirby     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Last Cacique: Leadership and Politics in a Puerto Rican City, by Jorge Heine Breakthroughs: Re-creating the American City, by Neal R. Peirce and Robert Guskind Black Neighbors: Race and the Limits of Reform in the American Settlement House Movement, 1890–1945, by Elizabeth Lasch-Quinn Third World Cities: Problems, Policies, and Prospects, edited by John D. Kasarda and Alan M. Parnell Managing Fast Growing Cities: New Approaches to Urban Planning and Management in the Developing World, edited by Nick Devas and Carole Rakodi     

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Book reviewed in this article: Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory , edited by Mickey Lauria Challenging the Growth Machine , by Barbara Ferman. Lawrence A Prayer for the City , by Buzz Bissinger Home Team: Professional Sports and the American Metropolis , by Michael Danielson Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform , by Jean Anyon     

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Book reviewed in this article: Unequal Partnerships: The Political Economy of Urban Redevelopment in Postwar America, edited by Gregory D. Squires Economy, Polity and Urban Public Expenditure, by Keith Hoggart Commonplaces: Community Ideology and Identity in American Culture by David M. Hummon Post-Industrial Cities: Politics and Planning in New York, Paris, and London, by H. V. Savitch Building a Low-Income Housing Policy, by Rachel G. Bratt The Changing Geography of the Service Sector, by D. G. Price and A. M. Blair Urban Politics and Administration: From Service Delivery to Economic Development by Elaine B. Sharp     

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Book reviewed in this article: Understanding Urban Unrest: From King to Rodney King, by Dennis E. Gale. City of Ambition: Artists & New York, 1900–1960, by Elisabeth Sussman with John G. Hanhardt and assisted by Corey Keller, with an essay by Brendan Gill. Exploring Urban America: An Introductory Reader, edited by Roger W. Caves The City Reader, edited by Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout.     

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Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World's Water, by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke.
The Ecohydrology of South American Rivers and Wetlands. Edited by Michael E. McClain.
Evaluating the Risks and Benefits of Soil Amendments Used in Agriculture, by L. M. Moss, E. Epstein, T. Logan, S. D. Frank and K. Scott.
Field Validation of Biokinetic Coefficients for Degradation of Organic Compounds, by B. Eliosov, T. G. Ellis and S. E. Jones.
Losses in Water Distribution Networks: A Practitioner's Guide to Assessment, Monitoring and Control, by Malcolm Farley and Stuart Trow.
Principles of Water Resources: History, Development, Management and Policy, by Thomas V. Cech.
Riverbank Filtration: Improving Source-Water Quality. Edited by Chittarangjan Ray, Gina Melin and Ronald B. Linsky.
Windermere - Restoring the Health of England's Largest Lake, by A. D. Pickering.     

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Blue patches and clear water, by Brian Rofe
Biology of Wastewater Treatment (second edition), by N. F Gray
Sweet and wholesome water, by Ted Flaxman and Ted Jackson. E. W. Flaxman     

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Book reviewed in this article: Cities and Buildings: Skyscrapers, Skid Rows, and Suburbs, by Larry R. Ford. Discrimination by Design: A Feminist Critique of the Man-Made Environment, by Leslie Kanes Weisman Ethical Land Use: Principles of Policy and Planning, by Timothy Beatley. Acting on Ethics in City Planning, by Elizabeth Howe. Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City, edited by Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling. The New Localism: Comparative Urban Politics in a Global Era, edited by Edward G. Goetz and Susan E. Clarke.     

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Book reviewed in this article: City of Quartz, Excavating the Future of Los Angeles , by Mike Davis A Nation in Denial: The Truth about Homelessness , by Alice S. Baum and Donald W. Burnes The Suburban Racial Dilemma , by W. Dennis Keating The Hudnut Years in Indianapolis, 1976–1991 , by William H. Hudnut, III The Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions , by Nancy Burns The Color of Welfare: How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty , by Jill Quandagno Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel town , by William Serrin, Local Attachments: The Making of an American Union Neighborhood, 1850–1920 , by Alexander von Hoffman The Global Migration Crisis: Challenge to States and to Human Rights , by Myron Weiner     

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Book reviewed in this article: D.N. Rothblatt and D.J. Garr, Suburbia: An International Assessment M. Castels (ed.), High Technology, Space and Society R.B. Potter, Urbanisation and Planning in the Third World. D. Varady, Neighborhood Upgrading: A Realistic Assessment. M.A. Stegman, Housing Finance and Public Policy: Cases and Supplementary Readings     

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Book reviewed in this article: J.D. Starling, Municipal Coping Strategies: “As Soon as the Dust Settles.” J.P. Mitchell, (ed,), Federal Housing Poky and Programs: Past and Present Robert Lima, Planning Software Survey, American Planning Association P. Cutler, The Public Landscape of the New Deal P. Malpas (ed.), The Housing Crisis     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Future of National Urban Policy, edited by Marshall Kaplan and Franklin James Financing Economic Development: An Institutional Analysis, by Richard D. Bingham Refounding Public Administration, by Gary L. Wamsley, Robert N. Bacher, Charles T. Post-Industrial Philadelphia: Structural Changes in the Metropolitan Economy, edited by William J. Stull and Janice Fanning Madden Understanding Growth Management: Critical Issues and a Research Agenda, edited by David J. Brower, David R. Godschalk, and Douglas R. Porter, Washington, D.C.     

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Process Benchmarking in the Water Industry: Towards a Worldwide Approach, by Mats Larsson, Renato Parenta. Ed Smeets and Ingrid Troquet.
Flood Pulsing in Wetlands — Restoring the Natural Hydrological Balance. Edited by Beth Middleton.
Dictionary of Water and Waste Management by P. G. Smith and J. S. Scott.
Flood Defence Law. by William Howarth.
Essentials of Environmental Management by Paul Hyde and Paul Reeve.
Environmental Policy in the European Union, by Andrew Jordan (Ed). Earthscan.
Environmentally Sound Technologies for Wastewater and Stormwater Management: An International Source Book, by UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre.
Basic Water Treatment — Third Edition, by C. Binnie, M. Kimber and G. Smethurst.
Urban Rivers: Our Inheritance and Future. Edited by Geoff Petts.
Re-inventing Water and Wastewater Systems: Global Lessons for Improving Water Management by Paul Seidenstat.
Biomethanization of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes, by J. Marta-Alvarez (editor).
Biophysics of the Surface Microlayer of Aquatic Ecosystems, by Michail I. Gladyshev.
Hydraulic Information Management Edited by C. A. Brebbia and W. R. Blain.
Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa, by Mamdough Shahin.
Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management National Research Council. Published by the National Academy Press.     

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Cities in Civilization Sir Peter Hall. Pantheon Books, New York, 1998. 1169 pp. $40.

Houser: The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer H. Peter Oberlander and Eva Newbrun. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC, 1999. 342 pp. $85 CN.

Houser: The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer, 1905—1964 H. Peter Oberlander and Eva Newbrun. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC, 1999. 320 pp. $85 CN.

Cities of Difference Ruth Fincher and Jane M. Jacobs, editors. The Guilford Press, New York, 1998. 322 pp. $42.95, $22.95 (paperback).

Gender, Planning and Human Rights Tovi Fenster, editor. Routledge, London, 1999. 182 pp. $85, $24.99 (paperback).

The Women, Gender & Development Reader Nalini Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Laurie Nisonoff, and Nan Wiegersma, editors. Zed Books, Atlantic Highlands, NJ, 1998. 396 pp. $65, $25 (paperback).

Welfare as We Knew It: A Political History of the American Welfare State Charles Noble. Oxford University Press, New York, 1997. 210 pp. $45, $19.95 (paperback).

Welfare in America: How Social Science Fails the Poor William M. Epstein. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1997. 267 pp. $45, $19.95 (paperback).

Practical Politics: Five Principles for a Community That Works Michael K. Briand. University of Illinois Press, Champaign, 1999. 239 pp. $44.95, $15.95 (paperback).

History in Urban Places: The Historic Districts of the United States David Hamer. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, 1998. 277 pp. $49.95, $19.95 (paperback).

Ranches, Rowhouses and Railroad Flats: American Homes: How They Shape Our Landscapes and Neighborhoods Christine Hunter. W. W. Norton, New York, 1999. 333 pp. $29.95 (paperback).

The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Urban Migration, 1966—1999 Ray Suarez. Free Press, New York, 1999. 264 pp. $25.

Eco-Pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World Daniel A. Farber. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1999. 210 pp. $23.

Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution Leslie Paul Thiele. Oxford University Press, 1999. 302 pp. $32.

New Strategies for America's Watersheds National Research Council (NRC). National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1999. 311 pp. $42.95.

The Economic Value of Landscape Change: Theory and Policies for Land Use and Conservation José Manuel L. Santos. Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, MA, 1998. 286 pp. $90.

Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate Alex Wilson, Jenifer L. Uncaphter, Lisa McManigal, L. Hunter Lovins, Maureen Cureton, and William D. Browning. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998. 522 pp. $60.

From The Earth Summit to Local Agenda 21: Working Towards Sustainable Development William Lafferty and Katrina Eckerberg, editors. Earthscan Publications, London, 1998. 280 pp. $15.95.

The Transition to Sustainability: The Politics of Agenda 21 in Europe Thimothy O'Riordan and Heather Voisey, editors. Earthscan Publications, London, 1998. 320 pp. £45, £16.95 (paperback).

Urban Planning in Singapore: The Transformation of a City Ole Johan Dale. Oxford University Press, New York, 1999. 278 pp. $48.

Human Development Report 1999 United Nations Development Program. Oxford University Press, New York, 1999. 262 pp. $19.95 (paperback).

Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and the Suburbs Neil Larry Shumsky, editor. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, 1998. 974 pp. $175.

Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and the People Gary A. Goreham, editor. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, 1997. 861 pp. (2 volumes) $175.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Cityscapes and Capital: The Politics of Urban Development , by Michael A. Pagano and Ann O'M. Bowman Community Power in a Postreform City: Politics in New York City , by Robert F. Pecorella The Ecological City: Preserving and Restoring Urban Biodiversity , edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree, and Pamela C. Muick Voices of Decline: The Postwar Fate of U.S. Cities , by Robert A. Beauregard New Community Networks: Wired for Change , by Douglas Schuler Urban Revitalization: Programs and Policies , edited by Fritz W. Wagner, Timothy E. Joder, and Anthony J. Mumphrey, Jr. Thousand Oaks Reinventing Cities: Equity Planners Tell Their Stories , by Norman Krumholz and Pierre Clavel     

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Book reviewed in this article: Frank S. So, Irving Hand, and Bruce McDowell (Eds.)The Practice of State and Regional Planning. M. Gottdiener, The Social Production of Urban Space.     

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Book reviewed in this article: New York Unbound, edited by Peter D. Salins Power, Culture, and Place, Essays on New York City, edited by John Hull Mollenkopf Reviewed by Euginie L. Birch Planning in the Face of Power by John Forester Reviewed by DeLysa Burnier Rethinking Rental Housing by John I. Gilderbloom and Richard P. Applebaum Reviewed by Chris Hamnett Suburbia Re-examined edited bb Barbara M. Kelly Reviewed by Carl Abbott Life Spaces: Gender, Houshold, Employment, edited by Caroline Andrew and Beth Moore Milroy Reviewed by Marie Truelove Poverty, Ethnicity, and the American City, 1840–1925. Changing Conceptions of the Slum and the Ghetto, by David Ward Reviewed by Richard Harris