The new global frontier

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Dimitrios Dendrinos

Dimitrios Dendrinos, an expert in the application of non-linear dynamics and chaos theory to the subject of urban and regional dynamics, focuses here on fundamental issues in population growth and decline. He approaches the topic of urban growth and decline within a global system perspective, viewing the rise and fall of cities, industries and nations as the result of global interdependencies which lead to unstable dynamics and widespread dualisms. Professor Dendrinos provides valuable insights into the evolution of human settlements and considers the possible futures open to the giant cities of the world.

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John M. Levy

Reflecting the author's many years of experience as a working planner, this volume focuses on public planning at the state, metropolitan, and particularly, the local level. Throughout, John M. Levy emphasizes politics, economics, ideology, law and the question of who benefits and who loses by particular decisions. The first half of the book presents a history of planning, the legal basis and political setting of planning, some of the social issues in planning, and the basics of land use controls and comprehensive planning. The second section contains chapters on various fields of planning - urban design, capital facilities planning, urban renewal and community development, transportation planning, economic development planning, growth management planning, environmental planning, and planning for metropolitan regions. The book concludes with a chapter on national planning and a chapter on planning theory.

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Clate Mask, Scott Martineau

You started your business for the freedom and adventure of being your own boss, but now you feel buried by your business. The authors lay out six strategies that, when combined, give you a step-by-step approach for reaching entrepreneurial success.

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John Kenneth Galbraith. --

These 1965 Massey Lectures all have to do with the same general theme - the economics and politics of the developing countries. Lecture 1 and 2 deal with the common features and problems of the poor countries. Lecture 3 and 4 are concerned with the causes of poverty and in the final lecture John Kenneth Galbraith considers what can be done to promote or insure advance.