Book reviews

Readings in Planning Theory. Scott Campbell & Susan Fainstein (Eds). Oxford, Blackwell, 1996, £16.99 pb, ISBN 1–55786–613–9

Re‐Presenting the City: Ethnicity, Capital and Culture in the Twenty‐First Century Metropolis. Anthony D. King (Ed.). Basingstoke and London, Macmillan, 1996, 282 pp., ISBN 0–333–60192–0

Controlling Development: Certainty and Discretion in Europe, the USA and Hong Kong. Philip Booth. London, UCL Press, 1996, 168 pp., £14.95, ISBN 1–85728–585–9

Conservation and the City. Peter J. Larkham. London, Routledge, 1996, 329 pp., £17.99, ISBN 0–415–07948–9 (pbk)

Geographic Information Systems and their Socioeconomic Applications 2nd edition. David Martin. London, Routledge, 1996, 210 pp., £14.95, ISBN 0–415–12572–3

Space is the Machine: A Configurational Theory of Architecture. Bill Hillier. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996, xii + 463 pp., £45.00, ISBN 0–521–56039 (hbk)     

Book reviews

Reshaping Housing Policy: Subsidies, Rents and Residualisation. Peter Malpass. London: Routledge, 1989. pp196. £9.95 (paperback).

A Nation of Home Owners. Peter Saunders. London: Unwin and Hyman, 1990. pp418. £12.95 (paperback). £35.00 (hardback).

Ethnic Minority Housing: Explanations and Policies. Philip Sarre, Deborah Phillips and Richard Skellington. Aldershot: Avebury, 1989. xxiii, pp384. £35.00 (hardback). Research in Ethnic Relations Series.

Housing Policy in Developing Countries. Gil Shidlo (ed). London and New York: Routledge, 1990.

Rebuilding a Low‐Income Housing Policy. Rachel Bratt. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989. pp399.

Housing and Social Policy. D. Clapham, P. Kemp and S. J. Smith. London: Macmillan, 1990. pp274. £35.00 (hardback). £9.95 (paperback).

Privatism and Urban Policy in Britain and the United States. Timothy Bamekov, Robin Boyle and Daniel Rich. Oxford University Press, 1989. pp267. £35.00 (cloth).

Housing Policy: An Introduction. Paul N. Balchin. London, Routledge. 1989 second edition. 312pp. £30.00 cloth.     

Book reviews

Hostels to Homes. T. Dant and A. Deacon. Aldershot: Avebury. 1989. £25.00 hardback.

Scottish Housing: Policy and Politics 1885–1985. Richard Rodger (ed). Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1989. pp250. £35.00.

Urban Decline. David Clark. London: Routledge, 1989. pp161. £25.00 (hardback).

Beyond the Inner City. David Byrne. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989. pp179. £9.99 (paperback).

Homelessness in Britain. J. Greve with E. Currie. York: Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust, 1990. pp32.

The New Homeless: The Crisis of Youth Homelessness and the Response of the Local Housing Authorities. R. Thornton. London: SHAC (The London Housing Aid Centre), 1990. pp86. £3.95.

Address Unknown: The Homeless in America. J. D. Wright. New York Aldine de Gruyter, 1989. pp170. DM42 (paperback).     

Book reviews

The Shape of British Housing. by E R Scoffham. Longman. 1985. £19.50 hb.

The First Suburbs: Residential Communities on the Boston Periphery, 1815–60. by Henry C. Binford. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1985. pp. xiv+304. £23.75.     

Book reviews

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 reviews

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.     

Book reviews

Privatopia: Homeowner Associations and the Rise of Residential Private Government. E. McKenzie London: Yale University Press, 1994, 237 pp., £25 cloth ISBN 0–300–05876–4

The Suburban Racial Dilemma. W. Dennis Keating Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994, $49.95 cloth, ISBN 1566 3914 74, $22.95 paper, ISBN 1566 3914 82

Urban Process and Power. P. Ambrose London, Routledge, 1994, 240 pp., £40.00 hardback, ISBN 0415 00850 6, £22.99 paper, ISBN 0415 00851 4

Housing Management, Community Care and Competitive Tendering — A Good Practice Guide. David Clapham & Bridget Franklin London, Institute of Housing, 1994, £10.95 ISBN 0901 607762

Customer Service in a Competitive Environment. J. Passmore & S. Fergusson London, Institute of Housing, 1994, £14.95 ISBN 0901 607746