Book reviewed in this article:

Chapman, K. and Walker, D. 1987: Industrial location: principles and policies.

Gaskell, S.M. 1986: Model housing: from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Britain.

Goldsmith, E. and Hildyard, N. editors, 1986: Green Britain or industrial wasteland?

Hamnett, S. and Bunker, R. editors, 1987: Urban Australia: planning issues and policies.

Harrison, M.L. and Mordey, R. editors, 1987: Planning control: philosophies, prospects and practice.

Hutton, N. 1986: Lay participation in a public local inquiry.

Keating, M. and Hainsworth, P. 1986: Decentralisation and change in contemporary France.

Keating, R. and Boyle, M. 1986: Remaking urban Scotland: strategies for local economic development.

Lowe, S. 1986: Urban social movements.

Markusen, A. 1985: Profit cycles, oligopoly and regional development.

O’Connor, J. 1987: The meaning of crisis: a theoretical introduction.

Pincon‐Charlot, M., Preteceille, E. and Rendu, P. 1986: Ségrégation urbaine: classes sociales et equipements collectifs en région parisienne.

Thrift, N. and Forbes, D. 1986: The price of war: urbanization in Vietnam (1954–1985).

Walby, S. 1986: Patriarchy at work: patriarchal and capitalist relations in employment.

Ward, C. and Hardy, D. 1986: Goodnight campers! The history of the British holiday camp.