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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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Affordable Water Supply and Sanitation. Proceedings of the 20th WEDC Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22–26 August 1994. Edited by J. Pickford, P. Barker, A. Coad, T. Dijkstra, B. Elson, M. Ince and R. Shaw.
Contaminated Land , by Stephen Tromans and Robert Turrall-Clarke.
E.C. Treaty and Environmental Law , by L. Kramer.
Mixing and Transport in the Environment. (Eds. Keith Bevan, Philip Chatwin and John Millbank.)
Stream Ecology, Structure and Function of Running Waters , by J. David Allan.
Operation and Maintenance of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Systems: A Guide For Managers. Written for, and published by, the World Health Organisation.
Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Lifecycle Inventory , by Peter White, Dr-Ing Marina Franke and Peter Hindle.
Report 142: Control of Pollution from Highway Drainage Discharges. By Martin Luker and Keith Montague with contributions from 11 other individuals.
Tables for the Hydraulic Design of Pipes, Sewers and Channels. H. R. Wallingford and D. I. H. Barr.
The Ecological Basis for River Management. (Edited by D. Harper and A. Ferguson.)
Waste Incineration and the Environment. Issues in Environmental Science and Technology 2. (Eds. R. E. Hester and R. M. Harrison.)     

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Books reviewed: Koven, Steven G. Public Budgeting in the United States: The Cultural and Ideological Setting Boris, Elizabeth T. and Steuerle, C. Eugene (Eds.) Nonprofits and Government Horowitz, Ruth Teen Mothers: Citizens or Dependents? Ferguson, Ronald F. and Dickens, William T. (Eds.) Urban Problems and Community Development Weiner, Edward Urban Transportation Planning in the United States: An Historical Overview Winston, Clifford and Shirley, Chad Alternate Route: Toward Efficient Urban Transportation     

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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: W. Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, and Philip Star (Eds.), Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods Harold L. Wolman and Elizabeth J. Agius (Eds.), National Urban Policy: Problems and Prospects Rod Burgess, Marisa Carmona, and Theo Kolstee (Eds.), The Challenge of Sustainable Cities: Neoliberalism and Urban Strategies in Developing Countries Anna Lou Dehavenon (Ed.), There's No Place Like Home: Anthropological Perspectives on Housing and Homelessness in the United States Richard Longstreth, City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920–1950     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Borders, Regions, and People. Martin van der Velde and Henk van Houtum (eds).
Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy. Allen J. Scott (ed.).
Frontiers of Environmental Economics. H. Folmer, H. L. Gael, S. Gerking and A. Rose (eds).
Gateways to the Global Economy. Åke E. Andersson and David E. Andersson (eds.).     

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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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Books reviewed in this article:
Innovative Behavior in Space and Time. (Advances in Spatial Science) C. Bertuglia, S. Lombardo, P. Nijkamp (Eds.)
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor. David Landes
Modeling Dynamic Economic Systems. Matthias Ruth, Bruce Hannon     

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Promoting local growth: process, practice, and policy. Daniel Felsenstein and Michael Taylor (eds.)
Governance, institutional change and regional development. M. Danson, H. Halkier, and G. Cameron (eds.)
Institutions and systems in the geography of innovation. (Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation). M.P. Feldman and N. Massard (eds)
Job Access, Workplace Mobility, and Occupational Achievement. Maarten van Ham     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Regional Development and Planning for the 21^st Century. Allen G. Noble, Frank H. Costa, Ashok K. Dutt and Robert B. Kent (Eds.)
The Economics of Industrial Location: A Logistics-Costs Approach. (Advances in Spatial Science) Philip McCann
Cultivating Grass-Roots for Regional Development in a Globalising Economy: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Organised Markets. James Cecora     

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Books reviewed in this article:
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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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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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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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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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.)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Urbanists, 1865–1915, by Dana F. White Reviewed by Peter Hall The Dependent City: The Changing Political Economy of Urban America by Paul Kantor with Stephen David Reviewed by Harvey Molotch Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style, by Albert K. Karnig and Paul D. McCain (Eds.) Reviewed by Larry D. Terry The Humane City, by John R. Short Reviewed by David Ley Life Space and Economic Space: Essays in Third World Planning, by John Friedmann Reviewed by John O. Browder City: Rediscovering the Center, by William H. Whyte Reviewed by Morton B. Gulak Coleman Young and Detroit Politics: From Social Activist to Power Broker, by Wilbur C. Rich Reviewed by June Manning Thomas     

Book reviews

Sustainable Urban Development: research and experiments

H. van der Vegt, H. ter Heide, S. P. Tjallingii & D. van Alphen (Eds)

Delft, Delft University Press, 1994, ISBN 90-407-1039-2, xi + 111 pp., Dutch Guilders 25, pb

Ecopolis: strategies for ecologically sound urban development

Sybrand P. Tjallingii

Leiden, Backhuys, 1995, ISBN 90-73348-34-X, 159 pp., No price given, pb

Biodiversity and Landscapes: a paradox of humanity

Ke Chung Kim & Robert D. Weaver (Eds)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0 521 41789 9, 431 pp., £50.00 (US$69.95), hb

Poetry, Space, Landscape: toward a new theory

Chris Fitter

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN 0 521 463017, 322 pp., 37.50, hb

The Ecological City

Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree & Pamela C. Muick (Eds)

Cambridge, MA, University of Massachusetts Press, 1994, ISBN 0-87023-883-3, £39.95, hb; 0-87023-884-1, £16.50, pb, 336 pp.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Information Economy and American Cities. Matthew P. Drennan.
Transportation Networks and the Optimal Location of Human Activities: A Numerical Geography Approach. (Transport Economics, Management and Policy Series.)
Travel Behaviour: Spatial Patterns, Congestion and Modelling. E. Stern, I. Salomon, P.H.I. Bovy (eds).
Input-Output Analysis: Frontiers and Extensions. Michael L. Lahr and Erik Dietzenbacher (eds).     

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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.)     

Book Notes

Marsh, M, Suburban Lives. Klaassen, L. H., van den Berg, L., and van der Meer, J., Editors Marshall, J. U., The Structure of Urban Systems. Violich, F., in collaboration with Daughters, R., Urban Planning for Latin America. Bourne, L. S., Sinclair, R., Ferrer, M., and D'Entremont, A., The Changing Geography of Urban Systems. Wilson, W. H., The City Beautiful Movement. Castells, M, The Informational City. Schuurman, F., and van Naerssen, T., Editors, Urban Social Movements in the Third World.