First published in 1982, this book covers the main aspects of government policy and practice in British inner city regeneration. It features chapters that deal with the development of policy, agencies for regeneration, housing, social issues.

With the twentieth century arrived the first electric tramcars in London. Thirty years later the first trolley buses arrived - along with a fleet of trams that were the most modern of their day. First published in 1971, this is a study of this period, relating the development of the tramway and trolleybus system to the changing social background.

Urban studies engages a range of approaches in the analysis of the processes at work. These approaches derive from anthropology, economics, geography, history, politics and sociology as well as from the professional experience of town planning and architecture. First published in 1983, this book reflects this cross-disciplinary engagement.

The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental changes in their way of life: rapid population growth; and an unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. First published in 1984, this book provides an overview of this topic.

Explores various characteristics of tropical African cities, with special reference to change in the post-independence period. This book stresses the diversity of urban forms and urban experience to be found within the region, distinguishing the more general features from those peculiar to individual cities.

First published on 1980, this book describes and analyses urban travel in terms of purpose, distance and frequency of journeys and modes and routes used, concentrating mainly on British towns with many references to the United States and Australia.

First published in 1972, this work in English urban history covers a period which has been called 'the Dark Ages in English Economic History'. The essays range from a discussion of the role of ceremony in the civic life of Coventry at the end of the Middle Ages to the influence of war on London Merchant class at the end of the seventeenth century.

Examines the social, economic and political forces which have shaped the towns and cities of the UK since the Industrial Revolution. This book covers the interplay of political changes and economic circumstances which produces the 'dynamics' of development from the standpoint of the author's successful career in the property industry.

First published in 1981, this book presents a study of the cities - Paris and London - renowned for their imposing streets and buildings, their cultural and political vitality and their cosmopolitan lifestyles, but just outside their centres are neighborhoods where ordinary people have their homes, often living in poverty.

First published in 1954, this book presents studies describing the growth, significance, government, politics and planning of twenty-four great cities of the world. Each study deals with the actual working of one city in the 1950s, how its elective and executive bodies are organized, the scope and character of the municipal services, and more.