Book Reviews and Notes

City Development: Studies in Disintegration and Renewal, by Lewis Mumford. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1945. 248 pages, $2.00

A Million Homes a Year, by Dorothy Rosenman. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1945. 333 pages. $3.50.

State and Local Finance in the National Economy, by Alvin H. Hansen and Hrvey S. Perloff. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1944. 310 pages. $3.75.

Planning Neighborhood Shopping Centers; a Study of Neighborhood Retail Trades Requirements and the Use of Purchasing Power as a Yardstick in Planning to Meet Them, by Marcel Villanueva. New York: National Committee on Housing, Inc. c1945. 34 pages. $1.00.

Planning by Lease Control, by Henry W. Wells in the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Vol. 51, No. 12. London, October, 1944.

A Factual Basis for Reconstruction, by F. A. C. Maunder, in the Journal of the Town Planning Institute, Vol. XXXI, No. 2. London, January-February, 1945.

Better Training for the Planner, by G. Cozen, in the Journal of the Town Planning Institute, Vol. XXXI, No. 2. London, January-February, 1945.     

Book Reviews and Notes

American Housing: Problems and Prospects. The Factual Findings by Miles L. Colean. The Program by The Housing Committee. New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1944. Pp.xxii, 466. $3.00.

The New City. By L. Hilberseimer. Theobald, Chicago. 192 pp. Illustrated. $5.95

The New Architecture and City Planning. A Symposium, edited by Paul Zucker, published by Philosophical Library, New York, 694 pp. illustrated $10.00.

Community Centers. The Ministry of Education. London, H.M.S.O., 1944.

Planning Your Community: A Manual of Suggestions for Practical Community Planning. By C. Earl Morrow. New York City, Regional Plan Association, Inc., c. 1945, 50 cents.

Towards A Plan for Oxford City. By Lawrence Dale. London, Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1944.     

The Case of The Case Study in City Planning and Municipal Management

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PLAN FOR REZONING THE CITY OF NEW YORK. A Report by Harrison, Ballard &; Allen. City Planning Commission. New York. 1950. 290 pp. maps, illustrations. $2.00.

CONTROLLED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS IN URBAN AREAS—A symposium. Highway Research Board Bulletin No. 25. Washington, D. C., 1950. 45 pages, illustrated. 60 cents.

SOCIAL PRESSURES IN INFORMAL GROUPS. By Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter and Kurt Back. Harper Bros., New York, 1950. x-930 pp. $3.00.

PRODUCTION OF NEW HOUSING. A Research Monograph on Efficiency in Production. By Leo Grebler. Social Science Research Council. New York 1950. ix+ 186 pp. $1.75.     

Book Reviews and Notes

Full Employment in a Free Society, By William H. Beveridge. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1945.

The City is the People. By Henry S. Churchill. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945.

Time For Planning: A Social-Economic Theory and Program for the Twentieth Century. By Lewis L. Lorwin. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.

Chicago Looks Ahead. Chicago, Ill., Chicago Plan Commission, 145.

Manual of Traffic Engineering Studies. New York, Association of Casualty and Surety Executives, 1945.

Mistakes We Have Made in Developing Shopping Centers. By J. C. Nichols, Washington, Urban Land Institute, 1945.

Urban Redevelopment Legislation in the United States. Chicago, American Society of Planning Officials, 1945.

Rebuilding Britain — A Twenty-Year Plan. By E. D. Simon. London, Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1945.

Garden Cities and the Metropolis. By Lloyd Rodwin, in the Journal of Land and Public Utility Economics, Vol. XXI, No. 3. Madison, Wis., August, 1945.     

Economic Factors of Growing and Stationary Cities

Planning the Modern City. By Harold MacLean Lewis. John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., New York; Chapman &; Hall, Ltd., London. 1949. Vol. I, 284 pages and 251 illustrations; Vol. 11, 224 pages and 251 illustrations. Each volume, $6.00.

Shops and Stores. By Morris Ketchum, Jr. Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York. 1948. 308 pages. $10.00.

Planningstores That Pay. By Dr. Louis Parnes. Architectural Record, New York. 1948. 313 pages. $15.00.

Shopping Centers in Urban Redevelopment. By Robert M. Lillibridge. Reprinted from The Journal of Land &; Public Utility Economics, Vol. XXIV, Number 2, May 1948. 24 pages.

The Location of Economic Activity. By Edgar M. Hoover. New York, McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc. 1948. xv + 310 pages. $3.50.

Concerning Town Planning. By Le Corbusier (trans. Clive Entwistle). Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. 1948. 127 pages. 92.75.

The New Town Planning. By Gaston Bardet (in French). Vincent Frhel et Cie. Paris. 1948. 304 pages. Maps, tables and illustrations. $6.50. (From Architectural Hook Publishing Co., New York.)     

A Reply to Mr. Howard

america's Needs and Resources, By J. Frederick Dewhurst and Associates, New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 812 plus xxviii pages. $5.00.

Communitas—Means of Livelihood and Ways of life. By Percival Goodman and Paul Goodman. 1947. The University of Chicago Press. 151 pages. $6.00.

Georgian london. By John Summerson. Scribner's. 1946. 315 pages. $5.00.

The Castles on The Ground. By J. M. Richards. The Architectural Press. 1946. 86 pages. $3.25

UN Headquarters. By Le Corbusier. Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1947. 88 pages. $3.50.

The Small Community Looks Ahead. By Wayland J. Hayes. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1947. 276 pp., illustrated. $3.00.

An Appraisal Method for Measuring The Quality of Housing: PART II. Appraisal Of Dwelling Conditions. By the Committee on the Hygiene of Housing, American Public Health Association. 1946. Volume A, Survey Director's Manual 105 pages. Volume B, Field Procedures. Pages 107-168. $1.00. Volume C, Office Procedures, Pages 169-248. $2.00.

County Town, A Civic Survey For The Planning Of Worcester. By Janet Glaisyer et al. Prepared for the Worcester City Council. John Murray, London. 1946.

English County, A Planning Survey Of Herefordshire. By the West Mid-land Group on Post-War Reconstruction and and Planning. Faber and Faber, London. 1946.

Architecture And Building In Leningrad, November 1946.

Urban Economy of Moscow, Monthly Review NO. 1, 1947. Obtainable through the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc., 114 East 32nd Street, New York 16, New York.     

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

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From the Review Editors: The Globalization of Planning

Books: Planning Theory: Shadows of Power: An Allegory of Prudence in Land-Use Planning, Jean Hillier, Routledge, New York, 2002. 345 pages. $31.95.

Story and Sustainability: Planning, Practice and Possibility for American Cities, Barbara Eckstein and James A. Throgmorton editors. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. 267 pages. $24.95.

International Planning and Development, Emerging Johannesburg: Perspectives on the Postapartheid City, Richard Tomlinson, Robert A. Beauregard, Lindsay Bremner, and Xolela Mangcu editors. Routledge, New York, 2003. 305 pages. $90, $26.95 (paperback).

European Spatial Planning, Andreas Faludi editor. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2002. 240 pages. $25.

Squatters as Developers?: Slum Demolition and Redevelopment in Mumbai, India, Vinit Mukhija. Ashgate, Hampshire, UK, 2003. 190 pages. $79.95.

America s New Downtowns: Revitalization or Reinvention?, Larry R. Ford., Johns Hopkins, University Press, Baltimore, 2003. 340 pages. $45.

Redefining Urban &; Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000, Bruce Katz and Robert E. Lang editors. Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 2003. 305 pages. $19.95 (paperback).

Urban History: City: Urbanism and its End, Douglas W. Rae. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2003. 516 pages. $30.

Housing and Community Development: Community Action for School Reform, Howell S. Baum. State University of New York Press, Albany, 2003. 297 pp. $68.50, $22.95 (paperback).

Choosing a Better Life: Evaluating the Moving to Opportunity Social Experiment, John Goering and Judith D. Feins editors. Urban Institute Press, Washington, DC, 2003. 422 pages. $34.50.

Regional Approaches to Affordable Housing, Stuart Meck, Rebecca Retzlaff, and Jim Schwab, American Planning Association, PAS Report Nos. 513/514, Chicago, 2003. 274 pages. $60 (paperback).

Unfair Housing: How National Policy Shapes Community Action, Mara S. Sidney., University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 2003. 186 pages. $16.95 (paperback).

Environmental Planning and Management: Bringing Society Back In: Grassroots Ecosystem Management, Accountability, and Sustainable Communities, Edward P. Weber. MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2003-333 pages. $67, $26.95(paperback).

Ecosystems and Human Well-Being, Robert T. Watson and A. H. Zakri, Co-chairs, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2003. 245 pages. $25.

Public Health: Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity, Lawrence D. Frank, Peter O. Engelke, and Thomas L. Schmid. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2003. 242 pages. $30 (paperback).

City of Las Vegas: The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas, Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis editors. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002. 388 pages. $50, $19.95 (paperback).

Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century, Hal K. Rothman, Routledge, New York, 2002. 352 pages. $18.95 (paperback).

Property Rights: The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good, Eric T. Freyfogle, Island Press, Washington, DC, 2003. 336 pages. $25.

Briefly Noted: Foul Ball: My Life and Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ballpark, Jim Bouton, Bulldog Publishing, North Egremont, MA, 2003. 366 pages. $24.95.

Environmental Justice in America: A New Paradigm, Edwardo Lao Rhodes., Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2003. 263 pages. $39.95.

Spaces of Hate: Geographies of Discrimination and Intolerance in the U.S.A., Colin Flint editor. Routledge, New York, 2003. 266 pages. $23.95.

A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy, Richard K. Green and Stephen Malpezzi., The Urban Institute Press, Washington, DC, 2003. 226 pages. $26.50 (paperback).

State Growth Management and Open Space Preservation Policies, Robert Wilson and Robert Paterson editors. LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, Public Research Project Report #143, 2002. 189 pages. $22.

Urbanism: Imported or Exported? Native Aspirations and Foreign Plans, Joe Nasr and Mercedes Volait editors. John Wiley &; Sons, Chichester, UK, 2003. 354 pages. $40 (paperback).

Books &; Other Materials Received

Edgeless Cities: Exploring the Elusive Metropolis, Robert E. Lang, Brookings Institution Press, Washington DC, 2003. 155 pages. $18.95 (paperback).     

Book Reviews and Lists

ELEMENTS OF WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING. By Earl L. Waterman. New York, John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., 1934. 302 pages. Illus, 91/4 61/4 inches. Price $3.50.

CITY PLANNING—HOUSING. By Werner Hegemann. New York, Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc., 1936. 257 pages. Sketches, diagrams. 91/4 × 61/4 inches. Price $3.75.

SOUTHERN REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. By Howard W. Odum. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1936. 664 pages. Maps, tables, diagrams. 101/4 × 71/2 inches. Price $4.00.

NATIONAL PLANNING AND RURAL LIFE. Proceedings of the Seventeenth American Country Life Conference. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1935. 156 pages. 73/4 × 5 inches. Price $2.00.

American Society of Planning Officials. Planning for the future of American Cities; proceedings of the Joint Conference on City, Regional, State and National Planning, May 20, 21 and 22, 1935, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1935. 188p. Price $2.00.

Hudson, G. Donald. The rural land classification program — a summary of techniques and uses. Knoxville, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1935. 30p. (A confidential report— available to members of the American City Planning Institute.)

Lindholm, S. G. The zoning commission of the District of Columbia: experiences with zoning in Washington, D. C., 1920-1934. Washington, [The Commission, 19351. 35p. map, tables. Lithoprinted.

Maine State Planning Board. Report, March 15, 1934- March 15, 1935. Augusta, Me., State House. 396p. illus. Mimeographed. Price $2.50.

Oklahoma State Planning Board. Preliminary report on state planning; facts and findings pertaining to physical, social and economic conditions which are essential to comprehensive state planning for Oklahoma. 1936. 295p. illus., maps (one folded), plans, tables, charts. Lithoprinted.     

Some Observations on Industrial Decentralization Concluding: Discussion

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Bibliography of Planning, 1928-1935: A Supplement of Manual of Planning Information, 1928. By Katherine McNamara. Cambridge, Harvard University Press,1936. 232 pages. 10 × 7 inches. (Harvard City Planning Studies, vol. X) Price $3.50.

Regional Planning. By Karl B. Lohmann. Ann Arbor, Edwards Brothers, Inc.,1936. 143 pages. Illus. 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches. Lithoprinted. Paper Covers. Price $4.00

The Steadyflow Traffic System. By Fritz Malcher. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1935. 91 pages + plate. Diagrams. 10 × 7 inches. (Harvard City Planning Studies, Vol. IX.) Price $1.00.

The Growth and Distribution of Population. By S. Vere Pearson. New York, John Wiley &; sons, Inc., 1935. 448 pages. Illus., maps, tables. 6 1/4 ×     

County Planning in the Philadelphia Area

People, Jobs and Land 1955-1975 In The New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Metropolitan Region. Bulletin 87. Regional Plan Association, New York, N.Y., 1957.70pp. $15.00

The Negro Population Of Chicago. By Otis Dudley Duncan and Beverly Duncan. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1957. 367 pp. $6.00.

Urban Land Use Planning. By F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Harper &; Brothers, New York, 1957. 338 pp. incl. maps, charts, tables. $8.00. $6.00 Student Edition.

Location and Space Economy: A General Theory Relating to Industrial Location, Market areas, Land Use, Trade and Urban Structure. By Walter Isard. M.I.T. and John Wiley, N.Y., 1956. 350 pp. $8.75.

Government Budgeting. By Jesse Burkhead. John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., New York. 1956. 498pp. $7.50.

Sydney's Great Experiment. By Denis Winston. Angus &; Robertson, Ltd., Sydney, 1957.146 pp. 37s 6p.

Town and Country In Brazil. By Marvin Harris. Columbia University Press, New York, 1956; 302 pp. $4.50.     

Market Planning,Market Planners,and Planned Markets

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From the Review Editor

Planning Theory Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning, Volume 1 Bruce Stiftel and Vanessa Watson, editors. Routledge, New York, 2004. 384 pages. $130.

Methods, Information Systems, and Mapping Beyond Benefit Cost Analysis: Accounting for Non-Market Values in Planning Evaluation Donald Miller and Domenico Patassini, editors. Ashgate, Hampshire, England, 2005. 338 pages. $99.95.

Planning and Urban Design Standards American Planning Association. John &; Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. 736 pages. $200.

Land Use, Zoning, Growth Management, Planning Law Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe Robert J. Johnston and Stephen K. Swallow, editors. Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, 2006. 288 pages. $70, $36.95 (paperback).

Community Development and Neighborhood Planning Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, editors. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2006. 416 pages. $34.95 (paperback).

New Urbanism and American Planning: The Conflict of Cultures Emily Talen. Routledge, New York, 2005. 328 pages. $147, $44 (paperback).

Tomorrow's Cities, Tomorrow's Suburbs William H. Lucy and David L. Phillips. American Planning Association, Chicago, 2006. 354 pages. $55.95 (paperback).

Revitalizing the City: Strategies to Contain Sprawl and Revive the Core Fritz W. Wagner, Timothy E. Joder, Anthony J. Mumphrey, Jr., Krishna M. Akundi, and Alan F. J. Artibise, editors. M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, 2005. 360 pages. $94.95, $39.95 (paperback).

Youth Crime and Youth Culture in the Inner City Bill Sanders. Routledge, New York, 2004. 256 pages. $122.50.

Transportation Street Smart: Competition, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Roads Gabriel Roth, editor. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2006. 581 pages. $59.95, $29.95 (paperback).

Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources City and Environment Christopher G. Boone and Ali Modarres. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2006. 240 pages. $76.50, $25.95 (paperback).

International Planning and Development German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy: Restructuring Eastern Germany Sebastian Lentz, editor. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2007. 190 pages. $89.95.

Return to the Center: Culture, Public Space, and City-Building in a Global Era Lawrence A. Herzog. University of Texas Press, Austin, 2006. 299 pages. $55, $24.95 (paperback).

Planning and Urban History The New Suburban History Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue, editors. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006. 300 pages. $60, $24 (paperback).     

1941 Institute Roster

New your Plans for the Future. By Cleveland Rodgers. Harper &; Brothers, New York. 1943. 293 Pages. $3.00.

New Zealand's Experience with Land-Value Taxation, By the Honorable Walter Nash. Citizens' Housing Council of New York, 470 Fourth Avenue, New York City. 1943. 22 pages. Single copies, 20 cents; ten or more copies to one address, 10 cents each.

Security, Work, and Relief Policies. National Resources Development—Report for 1943. National Resources Planning Board, Washington, D. C.     

Plan Review

THE LOWER MANHATTAN PLAN Prepared for The New York City Planning Commission by: Wallace, McHarg, Roberts, and Todd Architects and Planners, Philadelphia Whittlesey, Conklin and Rossant Architects and Planners, New York Alan M. Voorhees & Associates, Inc. Transportation and Planning Consultants, Washington, D. C. The Commission, New York, 1966. Various pagings, appendices, n.p.

VENEZUELA: FROM DOCTRINE TO DIALOGUE by John Friedmann National Planning Series, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York, 1965. xxiii + 87 pages. $2.95.     

Report On Project East River Part II: Development of Standards

Cities In The Motor Age. By Wilfred Owen. The Viking Press, New York, 1959. 176 pp. $3.95.

The Living City. By Frank Lloyd Wright. Horizon Press, New York, 1958. 222 pp., 57 illustrations, and a fold-out map. $7.50.

Land-Use Planning: A Casebook on the Use, Misuse, and Re-use of Urban Land. By Charles M. Haar. Little, Brown &; Co., Boston, 1959. 790 pp. $10.00.

Government and Housing. By Edward C. Banfield and Morton Grodzins. McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1958. 171 pp. $6.50.

Rental Housing. By Louis Winnick. McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1958. 286 pp. $8.50.

The Zoning Problem and Its Significance To The Sand and Gravel Producer. By Vincent P. Ahearn, Jr. National Sand and Gravel Association, Washington, D. C, 1958. 38 pp.

Financing Highways: A Symposium. Tax Institute, Inc., Princeton, N.J., 1957. 217 pp. $5.00.     

Publications Received

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Public Policymaking Reexamined, Yehezkel Dror, Chandler Publishing Company, San Francisco, 1968. xiii, 370 pp. $7.50.

Feasible Planning For Social Change, Robert Morris and Robert H. Binstock with the collaboration of Martin Rein Columbia University Press, New York, 1966. 169 pp. $5.75.

The Study Of Policy Formation, Edited by Raymond A. Bauer and Kenneth J. Gergen The Free Press, New York, and Col-lier-Macmillan Limited, London, 1968. xxii, 392 pp. $9.95.

Automobile Ownership and Residential Density, John B. Lansing and Gary Hendricks, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967. 230 pp. n.p.

People &; Plans: Essays On Urban Problems and Solutions, Herbert J. Gans, Basic Books, New York, 1968. 395 pp. $10.00     

Development Plans for the Southwest Survey Area of Washington; D. C.

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THE SOCIOLOGY OF URBAN LIFE. By T. Lynn Smith and C. A. McMahan. Dryden Press, New York. 1951. 831pp. $6.00.

KINGSPORT: THE PLANNED INDUSTRIAL CITY.: The Rotary Club of Kingsport, Tenn. 3rd. Ed. 1951. 491 pp. Illustrated.

ECONOMICS FOR THE POWER AGE.: By Scott Nearing. Cloth — John Day Co., New York. $3.00; Paper—World Events Committee, East Palatka, Florida. $1.00. 1952. 190 pp.

ROBERT MOSES, Builder for Democracy.: By Cleveland Rodgers. Henry Holt &; Co., New York. 1952. 356 pages. Illustrated. $6.00.

COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES.: United Nations Housing dnd Town and Country Planning — Bulletin #5. Columbia University Press, New York. 1951. $1.25.     

All Roads Lead to Congress: The $300 Billion Fight Over Highway Funding

Urban Development Cityscapes and Capital Michael A. Pagano and Ann O'M. Bowman. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1995. 188 pp. $32.50.

Urban Revitalization: Policies and Programs Fritz W. Wagner, Timothy E. Joder, and Anthony J. Mumphrey Jr., editors. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1995. 234 pp. $42.00, $19.95 (paperback).

Neighborhood and Community Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States Robert Halpern. Columbia University Press, New York, 1995. 257 pp. $49.50, $17.00 (paperback).

Organizing the South Bronx Jim Rooney. SUNY Press, Albany, NY, 1994. 283 pp. $18.95 (paperback).

Planning Theory Experts and Environmental Planning Bob Evans. Avebury, Brookfield, VT, 1995.154 pp. $55.95.

Communicative Planning Theory Tore Sager. Avebury, Brookfield, VT, 1994.288 pp. $59.95.

Paired Review Planning Ethics: A Reader in Planning Theory, Practice, and Education Sue Hendler, editor. Center for Urban Policy Research, New Brunswick, NJ, 1995. 374 pp. $19.95 (paperback).

Planning Ethics: A Reader in Planning Theory, Practice, and Education Sue Hendler, editor. Center for Urban Policy Research, New Brunswick, NJ, 1995. 374 pp. $19.95 (paperback).

Land Use Model Subdivision Regulations: Planning and Law (Second Edition) Robert H. Freilich and Michael M. Schultz. APA Planners Press, Chicago, 1995.375 pp. $59.95.

At Road's End: Transportation and Land Use Choices for Communities Daniel Carlson, with Lisa Wormser and Cy Ulberg. Island, Washington, DC, 1995. 168 pp. $37.50 (paperback).

Housing The Architecture of Affordable Housing Sam Davis. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1995. 208 pp. $30.00.

Downtown Living: The History of Residential Hotels in the United States Paul Groth. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1994. 401 pp. $35.00.

Planning for the Private Interest: Land Use Controls and Residential Patterns in Columbus, Ohio, 1900-1970 Patricia Burgess. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, 1994. 258 pp. $59.95.

Environment Environmental Diplomacy: Negotiating More Effective Global Agreements Lawrence E. Susskind. Oxford University Press, New York, 1994. 201 pp. $45.00, $14.95 (paperback).

Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife: Issues and Examples Douglas R. Porter and David A. Salvesen, editors. Island, Washington, DC, 1995.293 pp. $29.50 (paperback).

Planning and Its Subfields Building the Public City: The Politics, Governance, and Finance of Public Infrastructure David C. Perry, editor. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1995. 250 pp. $54.00,$24.00 (paperback).

Guidelines for Preparing Urban Plans Larz T, Anderson. APA Planners Press, Chicago, IL, 1995. 231 pp. $49.95; $45.95, APA members.

Regional Development Theories And Their Application Benjamin Higgins and Donald J. Savoie. Transaction, New Brunswick, NJ, 1995. 422 pp. $44.95.

Briefly Noted City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village David Sucher. City Comforts Press, Seattle, WA, 1995. 176 pp. $18.00 (paperback).     

REVIEWS

From the Review Editors

Ethics and Theory for Practitioners (Paired Review)

Everyday Ethics for Practicing Planners Carol D. Barrett. American Institute of Certified Planners, Washington, DC, 2001. 246 pages. $29.95 (paperback).

Planning Theory for Practitioners Michael P. Brooks. APA Planners Press, Chicago, IL, 2002. 217 pages. $39.95 (paperback).

Everyday Ethics for Practicing Planners Carol D. Barrett. American Institute of Certified Planners, Washington, DC, 2001. 246 pages. $29.95 (paperback).

Planning Theory for Practitioners Michael P. Brooks. APA Planners Press, Chicago, IL, 2002. 217 pages. $39.95 (paperback).

The Environmental Case: Translating Values into Policy Judith A. Layzer. CQ Press, Washington, DC, 2002. 372 pages. $29.95 (paperback).

Environmental Choices: Policy Responses to Green Demands Lawrence S. Rothenberg. CQ Press, Washington, DC, 2002. 281 pages. $29.95 (paperback).

Revitalising Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods: An Assisted Self-Help Approach Colin C. Williams and John Windebank. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot, UK, 2001. 212 pages. $69.95.

Concept Marketing for Communities: Capitalizing on Underutilized Resources to Generate Growth and Development Rhonda Phillips. Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, 2002. 184 pages. $64.95.

Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon Lynne Sagalyn. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001. 620 pages. $59.95.

Cities in Full Steve Belmont. APA Planners Press, Chicago, 2002. 514 pages. $47.

Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design Kenneth Kolson. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2002. 236 pages. $34.95.

Land Development Calculations: Interactive Tools and Techniques for Site Planning Analysis and Design Walter M. Hosack. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001. 662 pages plus CD-ROM. $125.

Breaking Gridlock: Moving Toward Transportation that Works Jim Motavalli. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 2001. 268 pages. $23.

New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy in the Twenty-First Century Anthony Perl. The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, 2002. 334 pages. $29.95.

A Fragile Capital: Identity and the Early Years of Columbus, Ohio Charles Cole. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, 2001. 292 pages. $45.

Columbus, Ohio: A Personal Geography Henry Hunker. Ohio University Press, Columbus, 2000. 220 pages. $35.

John Nolen and Mariemont: Building a New Town in Ohio Millard F. Rogers, Jr. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2001. 261 pages. $45.

The City as Subject: Seki Hajime and the Reinvention of Modern Osaka Jeffrey E. Hanes. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002. 348 pages. $45.

Planning for Crime Prevention: A Transatlantic Perspective Richard H. Schneider and Ted Kitchen. Routledge, London and New York, 2001. 331 pages. $100, $39.95 (paperback).

National-Level Planning in Democratic Countries: An International Comparison of City and Regional Policy-Making Rachelle Alterman, editor. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, 2001. 288 pages. $27.95 (paperback).

Local Policy for Housing Development: European Experiences Roelof Verhage. Ashgate, Hampshire, UK, 2002. 304 pages. $79.95.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Regulating Sex Businesses Eric D. Kelly and Connie Cooper, American Planning Association, Chicago, 2001. 169 pages. $34 (paperback).

Sex and the City: Geography of Prostitution in the Urban West Philip Hubbard. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, 1999. 264 pages. $74.95.

After the World Trade Center: Rethinking New York City Michael Sorkin and Sharon Zukin, editors. Routledge Press, New York and London, 2002. 236 pages. $25.

GIS for Group Decision Making: Towards a Participatory Geographic Information Science Piotr Jankowski and Timothy Nyerges. Taylor & Francis, London and New York, 2001. 273 pages. $60.

Land Market Monitoring for Smart Urban Growth Gerrit J. Knaap, editor. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2001. 384 pages. $20 (paperback).

Landscape Modeling: Digital Techniques for Landscape Visualization Stephen Ervin and Hope Hasbrouck. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002. 290 pages plus CD-ROM. $59.95.     

A Review of “The just city”

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On Streets Stanford Anderson, ed. M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1978. 416 pp. $45.

The Environmental Protection Hustle Bernard J. Frieden. MIT Press, Cambridge, 1979. 211 pp. $12.50.

Environmental Impact Assessment: A Review Marilyn Rowland. Memphis State University, Regional Economic Development Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 1978. 49 pp. no price.

The Environmental Impact Statement Process: A Guide to Citizen Action Neil Orloff. Information Resources Press, Washington, D.C., 1978. 242 pp. $10.95.

Environmental Impact Statements: A Guide to Preparation and Review Martin S. Baker, Joseph S. Kaming, and Richard E. Morrison. Practicing Law Institute, New York, 1977. 334 pp. $30.00.

Environmental Impact Analysis: Emerging Issues in Planning Ravinder K. Jain and Bruce L. Hutchings, eds. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1978. 241 pp. $12.00.

Economics, Environmental Policy, and the Quality of Life William J. Baumol and Wallace E. Oates. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1979. 377 pp. $12.95.

Public Program Analysis: Applied Research Methods Theodore H. Poister. University Park Press, Baltimore, 1978. 625 pp. $19.95.

Analytic Techniques in Urban and Regional Planning John W. Dickey and Thomas M. Watts. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978. 542 pp. $24.

The Art of Problem Solving Russell L. Ackoff. John Wiley &; Sons, New York, 1978 214 pp. $13.95.

Regional and Urban Economics Harry W. Richardson. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, England, 1978. 416 pp. 22.25 (paperback).

Urban Economics Harry W. Richardson. Dryden Press, Hinsdale, Ill., 1978. 357 pp. $17.95.

Regional Economics Harry W. Richardson. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1979. 320 pp. No price.

Regional Economic Problems: Comparative Experiences of Some Market Economies A. J. Brown and E. M. Burrows. George Allen &; Unwin, London, 1977. 209 pp. $18.75.

Metropolis… and Beyond, Selected Essays Hans Blumenfeld. Paul Spreiregen, ed. John Wiley &; Sons, New York, 1979. 420 pp. $23.

Human Settlement Systems Niles M. Hansen, ed. Ballinger, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978. 297 pp. $20.

Manchester and S[acaron]o Paulo: Problems of Rapid Urban Growth John D. Wirth and Robert L. Jones, eds. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, California, 1978. 234 pp. $17.50.

S[acaron]o Paulo: Growth and Poverty: A Report for the Sao Paulo Justice and Peace Commission The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). The Bowerdean Press, London, 1978, 128 pp. £3.40.

Urban and Regional Planning in India K. V. Sundaram. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1977. 432 pp. Rs. 85 (Approx. $9.00) (Cloth).

Equality and Urban Policy: The Distribution of Municipal Public Services Robert L. Lineberry. Sage Publications Inc., Beverly Hills, 1977. 198 pp. $14 (cloth), $6.95 (paperback).

The Politics and Economics of Urban Services Robert L. Lineberry, ed. Sage Publications Inc., Beverly Hills, 1978. 160 pp. $3.95 (paperback).

Rationing Social Services: A Study of Resource Allocation and the Personal Social Services Ken Judge. Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., London, 1978. 194 pp. $22.75 (cloth).

The City in Transition: Prospects and Policies for New York The Temporary Commission on City Finances. Arno Press, Inc., New York, 1978. 326 pp. $15 (cloth), $7.95 (pb).

Urban Growth in the Age of Sectionalism: Virginia 1847-1861 David R. Goldfield. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1977. 336 pp. $17.50.

Essays on Planning Theory and Education Andreas Faludi. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1978. 186 pp. $8.25 (pb).

The Small Towns Book: show me the way to go home James and Carolyn Robertson. Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1978. 208 pp. $5.95 (paperback).

Public Interest Law Burton A. Weisbrod, in collaboration with Joel F. Handler and Neil K. Komesar. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1978. 580 pp. $27.50.

Must We Bus? Segregated Schools and National policy Gary Orfield. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1978. 455 pp. $7.95 (paperback).

Housing Policy in the Developed Economy. The United Kingdom, Sweden and The United States Bruce Headey. St. Martins Press, New York, 1978. 276 pp. $21.95.

Humanscape: Environments for People Stephen Kaplan and Rachel Kaplan, eds. Wadsworth, Belmont, Cal., 1978. 480 pp. $8.95 (paperback).

Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan Rem Koolhaas. Oxford University Press, New York, 1978. 263 pp. $35.     

Housing and Economic Development in Indian Country: Challenge and Opportunity

Global Warming: Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment J. T. Houghton, G. J. Jenkins, and J. J. Ephraums, editors. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1990. 305 pp. $34.95 (paperback).

Global Warming: Leaving Eden to Protect and Manage the Earth E. G. Nisbet. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1991. 358 pp. $14.95 (paperback).

Global Warming: Global Environmental Issues: A Climatological Approach David D. Kemp. Routledge, Chapman and Hall, London, 1990. 220 pp. $15.95 (paperback).

Global Warming: Global Climate Change and Life on Earth Richard L. Wyman, editor. Rout-ledge, Chapman and Hall, London, 1991. 282 pp. $24.95 (paperback).

Global Warming: Global Climate Change and California Joseph B. Knox and Ann Foley Scheuring, editors. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1992. 184 pp. $12.95 (paperback).

The Environment: Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards: A Time for Discourse Bunyan Bryant and Paul Mohai, editors. Westview Press, San Francisco, 1992. 251 pp. $32.00 (paperback).

The Environment: Sustaining the Earth John Young. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990. 202 pp. $10.95 (paperback).

The Environment: Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities Frederick O. Sargent, Paul Lusk, Jose A. Rivera, and Maria Varela. Island Press, Washington, DC, 1991. 254 pp. $24.95 (paperback).

The Environment: Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards Michael S. Greve and Fred L. Smith, Jr., editors. Praeger, New York, 1992. 212 pp. $19.95 (paperback).

Planning and Its Subfields: Customer Service in Local Government: Challenges for Planners and Managers Bruce W. McClendon. Planners Press, American Planning Association, Chicago, 1992. 194 pp. $45.95, $34.95 (paperback).

Planning and Its Subfields: Reviving the American Dream: The Economy, the States and the Federal Government Alice M. Rivlin. Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 1992. 196 pp. $15.95.

Planning and Its Subfields: Left Coast City: Progressive Politics in San Francisco, 1975-1991 Richard Edward DeLeon. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 1992. 239 pp. $35.00, $14.95 (paperback).

Planning and Its Subfields: The New Frontier for Land Policy: Planning and Growth Management in the States John M. DeGrove, with Deborah Miness. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 1992. 176 pp. $18.95 (paperback).

Planning and Its Subfields: Magic Lands: Western Cityscapes and American Culture After 1940 John M. Findlay. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1992. 394 pp. $35.00.

Planning and Its Subfields: The Power of Maps Denis Wood. Guilford Press, New York, 1992. 248 pp. $35.00, $15.95 (paperback).

Planning and Its Subfields: Put up or Give Way: States, Economic Competitiveness, and Poverty John Sidor. Council of State Community Development Agencies, Washington, DC, 1991.243 pp. $20.00 (paperback).

Planning and Its Subfields: North American Free Trade: Assessing the Impact Nora Lustig, Barry P. Bosworth, and Robert Z. Lawrence, editors. Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 1992. 274 pp. $28.95, $10.95 (paperback).

Briefly Noted: Electronic Byways: State Policies for Rural Development Through Telecommunications Edwin B. Parker and Heather Hudson, with Don A. Dillman, Sharon Strover, and Frederick Williams. Westview, Boulder, CO, 1992. 306 pp. $57.50, $18.85 (paperback).

Briefly Noted: Credit Where It's Due: Development Banking for Communities Julia Ann Parzen and Michael Hall Kieschnick. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1992. 275 pp. $29.95.

Briefly Noted: Reclaiming the Past Landmarks of Women's History Page Putnam Miller, editor. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1992. 232 pp. $35.00.

Briefly Noted: Renewing Cities Ross J. Gittell. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1992. 232 pp., $39.50.

Briefly Noted: Regions Reconsidered: Economic Networks, Innovation, and Local Development in Industrialized Countries Edward Bergman, Gunther Maier, and Franz Todtling, editors. Mansell, London, 1991. 312 pp. $80.00.

Briefly Noted: Defense, Welfare and Growth: Perspective and Evidence Steve Chan and Alex Mintz, editors. Routledge, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1992. 248 pp. $59.95.

Briefly Noted: The Changing Image of the City: Planning for Downtown Omaha, 1945-1973 Janet R. Daly-Bednarek. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1992. 292 pp. $37.50.