Book reviews

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THE ECONOMICS OF URBAN SIZE, by H. W. Richardson. Saxon House, Farnborough, Hants., 1973. (£4.00)

HUMAN SETTLEMENT: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE. A Compendium of the United Nations Papers prepared for the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment 1972, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Macmillan, London, 1974. (£5.95)

GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING by T. W. Freeman (4th edn.). Hutchinson, London, 1974. (£3.50)

SOCIAL THEORY FOR PLANNING by J. Bailey. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1975. (£4.25)

JETPORT: THE BOSTON AIRPORT CONTROVERSY by D. Nelkin. Transaction Books, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1974. ($10.95)

THE ECOLOGY OF NATURAL RESOURCES by I. G. Simmons. Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1974. 424 pp. (£8.00 Boards, £3.85 Paperback).

COASTAL DESERTS—THEIR NATURAL AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS edited by Amiran and Wilson. University of Arizona Press, 1973. ($13.50)

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM—RECENT ADVANCES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION—ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS. W.H.O., Commision of the European Communities and United States Environmental Protection Agency. Paris, 24–28 June, 1974. 213 pp. (single).

HEALTH ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL PROGRAMMES. Report of a W.H.O. Expert Committee, Technical Report Series No. 554. W.H.O., Geneva, 1974. 57 pp. (Sw. Fr. 6)

ECOLOGY AND CONTROL OF RODENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE. Report of a W.H.O. Scientific Group. Technical Report Series No. 553. W.H.O., Geneva, 1974. 42 pp. (Sw. Fr. 5)

THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN ENGLAND AND WALES by Funnell and Hey. Saxon House/Lexington Books, Farnborough, Hants. 1974.162 pp. (£4.25)

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE MOTOR CAR edited by P. M. Townroe. David and Charles, London, 1974. (£5.25)