This collection collects an international range of published research on the contemporary city. Drawing primarily on academic journals the material is arranged as follows:
* Volume 1: The City in Global Context
* Volume 2: Land Use Structure and Change in the Western City
* Volume 3: Economic Structure and Change in the Western City
* Volume 4: Society and Politics in the Western City
* Volume 5: Cities in the Third World
This set is fully indexed and provides new introductions setting the material in context.
