Urban economic evolution in the Netherlands -- Urban regeneration, SMEs and the urban-rural shift in the United Kingdom -- Urban development: the role of producer services -- Restructuring of knowledge-intensive services and the prospects for European urban economies -- Office development, the growth of producer services and functional urban change -- Financial sector and urban competition in Germany, 1970 to 1995 -- Successful new firms and the city -- Planned city: sustainable decentralization -- Cities and the assessment of economic effects of infrastructure development -- Sustainable cities: from theory the practice -- Public participation in planning of urban sustainable development: an analysis of recent practice

1. City planning