Focuses on the social and cultural processes governing colonial urban development. This book demonstrates how the physical and spatial arrangements characterizing urban development are unique products of a particular society, to be understood only in terms of its values, behaviour and institutions and distribution of social and political power.

"Slums and Slum Clearance in Victorian London" was first published in 1986.

"Rails Through the Clay" was first published in 1962.

Presents the story of the origins of the world's largest urban passenger transport system; the story of the growth of London itself from the early days of the 19th century. This book traces the development of every kind of public transport which either produced the great expansion of London in this period, or took up the opportunities it offered.

Focusing on urban sociology as practised in Britain, this book argues that it is a key element in the response of the 'intellectual proletariat' to urbanization and the calls on it by the State to control the ensuing way of life. It states that urbanization should be analysed in the framework of the political economy of regional development.

Offers a theoretical introduction to urban sociology. Based on the urban theory of Louis Wirth, this book systematically examines Wirth's principal ideas in the contexts of pre-industrial cities, industrial cities and bureaucracies. It discusses conditions for the emergence of cities and for industrialization, and more.

There are many micro-habitats in built up areas, often subject to strong environmental pressures such as atmospheric and water pollution, frequent disturbance, trampling, and nutrient or water scarcity. This book uses various features to investigate the effects of these pressures and to demonstrate other ecological properties of isolated habitats.

"New Urban Economics" was first published in 1977.

"Government and Misgovernment of London" was first published in 1939.

"City Slums" was first published in 1889.