"Cover page"--"Halftitle page"--"Title page" -- "Copyright page" -- "Title page" -- "Copyright page" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "Preface" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Part 1 Settingthe Scene" -- "1 Introduction" -- "DEFINING TERMS" -- "RECURRING THEMES" -- "A NOTE TO THE READER" -- "GUIDE TO FURTHER READING" -- "2 The Urban Transformation" -- "INTRODUCTION" -- "THE FIRST CITIES" -- "THE CLASSICAL CITY" -- "THE MERCHANT CITY" -- "THE INDUSTRIAL CITY" -- "THE CONTINUING TRANSFORMATION" -- "Part 2 The Urban System" -- "3 Urban Systems and Economic Development" -- "URBAN SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS" -- "URBAN SYSTEMS AND TRADE" -- "URBAN SYSTEMS AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH" -- "URBAN SYSTEMS AND PRESENT TRENDS IN MARKET ECONOMIES" -- "CASE STUDIES OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN SYSTEMS" -- "4 The Dynamics of Urban Systems" -- "THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE" -- "THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS" -- "THE MOVEMENT OF IDEAS" -- "THE SHRINKING NETWORK" -- "5 Managing the Urban System" -- "THE STATE AND NATIONAL URBAN POLICY" -- "CONTROLLING THE BIG CITY" -- "GROWTH CENTRES IN THE URBANHIERARCHY" -- "THE LOWER ORDERS" -- "Part 3 The Internal Structure of the city" -- "6 The City as Workplace" -- "TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT" -- "THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT" -- "THE ECONOMY: TEMPORAL CONSIDERATIONS" -- "THE ECONOMY: SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS" -- "THE ROLE OF THE STATE" -- "EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME" -- "THE OTHER ECONOMIES" -- "7 The City as Residence" -- "THE HOUSING MARKET" -- "THE RESIDENTIAL MOSAIC" -- "MAJOR TRENDS" -- "8 Movement and Transport" -- "CITY STRUCTURE AND URBAN TRANSPORT" -- "POPULATION MOVEMENT IN THE CONTEMPORARY CITY" -- "ACCESSIBILITY" -- "TRANSPORT PROBLEMS" -- "TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS" -- "9 The City as Investment" -- "BUILDING CYCLES" -- "THE CONTEMPORARY URBAN PROPERTY MARKET" -- "10 The City as Political Arena" -- "FORMAL POLITICS: THE RULES OF THE GAME