PREFACE PART I. THE URBAN SETTLEMENT AS REGIONAL CENTRE 1. THE REGION AS A SOCIAL UNIT 2. THE NATURE OF THE CITY 3. THE CITY AS A REGIONAL CENTRE 4. TOWN – COUNTRY RELATIONS PART II. THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY 5. THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY 6. THE CITY AS A WHOLE 7. REGIONS WITHIN THE CITY: THE NATURAL AREA PART III. THE CITY-REGION 8. THE REGIONAL RELATIONS OF THE CITY 9. THE REGIONAL RELATIONS OF THE CITY: CASE STUDIES 10. THE CITY-REGION IN THE UNITED STATES 11. THE CITY-REGION IN TH E UNITED STATES 12. THE CITY-REGION IN WESTERN EUROPE 13. THE CITY-REGION IN BRITAIN PART IV. REGIONALISM AND THE CITY-REGION 14. THE CASE FOR THE REGION 15. REGIONALIS M I N FRANC E 16. REGIONALISM IN BRITAIN 17. REGIONALISM IN THE UNITED STATES 18. REGIONALISM IN GERMAN Y 19. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF REGIONALISM: CONCLUSION