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Abstract Abstract An Assortment of Assiduous Assessments and Assumptions for Assuagement and Assurance: Four Recent Books on Future Studies Uncertain Futures: Challenges for Decision-Makers Robert U. Ayres. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1979. 429 pp. $19.95. The Conserver Society: A Workable Alternative for the Future Kimon Valaskakis, Peter S. Sindell, J. Graham Smith, and Iris Fitzpatrick-Martin. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., New York, 1979. 286 pp. $15.00. Post-Affluent America: The Social Economy of the Future Gary Gappert. New Viewpoints: A Division of Franklin Watts, New York, 1979. 242 pp. $5.95. Future Research: New Directions Harold A. Linstone and W. H. Clive Simmonds (editors). Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc. Advanced Book Program, Reading, Mass., November 1977. 270 pp. $22.50. Coastal Ecosystem Management: A Technical Manual for the Conservation of Coastal Zone Resources John R. Clark. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1977. 928 pp. $44.50. Approaches to Controlling Air Pollution Ann F. Friedlaender, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978. 465 pp. $24.95. Natural Resource Economics: Issues, Analysis and Policy Charles W. Howe. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1979. 350 pp. $19.95. The Benefits of Environmental Improvement A. Myrick Freeman, III. Published for Resources for the Future by The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1979. 272 pp. $18.50 (cloth) $6.95 (paperback). Unpriced Values: Decisions Without Market Prices John A. Sinden and Albert C. Worrell. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1979. 511 pp. $25.95. Remote Sensing for Planners Kristina Ford, ed. Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1979. 219 pp. $20.00. Praxis and Action: Contemporary Philosophies of Human Activity Richard J. Bernstein. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1971. 344 pp. $12.50 (cloth), $6.95 (paper). The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory Richard J. Bernstein. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1976. 286 pp. $17.95 (cloth), $6.95 (paper). The Timeless Way of Building, Volume 1 Christopher Alexander. Oxford University Press, New York, 1979. 552 pp. $19.50. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, Volume 2 Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel. Oxford University Press, New York, 1977. 1171 pp. $27.50. The Oregon Experiment, Volume 3 Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein, Shlomo Angel, Sara Ishikawa, Denny Abrams. Oxford University Press, New York, 1975. 191 pp. $12.50. Power: A Radical View Steven Lukes. Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., 1974. 57 pp. $2.50 (paperback). From Social Issues to Public Policy Robert Eyestone. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1978. 197 pp. $6.95 (paperback). Confront or Concede: The Alinsky Citizen-Action Organizations Joan E. Lancourt. D.C. Heath and Company, Lexington Books, Lexington, Mass., 1979. 197 pp. $18.50. Neighborhood Renewal Phillip L. Clay. Lexington Books, Lexington, Mass., 1979. 114 pp. $14.00. A New Public Policy for Neighborhood Preservation Roger S. Ahlbrandt, Jr. and James V. Cunningham. Praeger Publishers, New York, 1979. 276 pp. $18.95 Partnerships for Neighborhood Preservation: A Citizen's Handbook Rick Cohen. Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs, Harrisburg, Penn., 1978. 200 pp. single copies free (paperback). Neighborhood Conservation: Lessons from Three Cities Phyllis Myers and Gordon Binder. The Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1978. 103 pp. $4.00 (paperback). Making Local Rehabilitation Work: Public/Private Relationships Michael M. Ehrmann. National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Washington, D.C., 1978. 121 pp. $9.00 (paperback). Neighborhood Commercial Rehabilitation Adrienne M. Levatino, National Association of Housing Redevelopment Officials, Washington, D.C., 1978. 87 pp. $9.00 (paperback). Real Estate Tax Delinquency: Private Disinvestment and Public Response Robert W. Lake. Center for Urban Policy Research, New Brunswick, N. J., 1979. 263 pp. $17.95. The Inflation of House Prices: Its Extent, Causes, and Consequences Leo Grebler and Frank G. Mittlebach. D. C. Heath and Company, Lexington Books, Lexington, Mass., 1979, 241 pp. $25.00. The Black Towns Norman L. Crockett. The Regents Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. 1979. 244 pp. $14.00. The Black Rural Landowner—Endangered Species: Social, Political, and Economic Implications Leo McGee and Robert Boone, eds. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1979. 200 pp. $17.95. Public Transportation: Planning, Operations, and Management George E. Gray and Lester A. Hoel, eds. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1979. 749 pp. $29.95. “Special Issue on Uneven Regional Development” Review of Radical Political Economics, Volume 10, No. 3. Union for Radical Political Economics, New York, 1978. 148 pp. $3.50 (paperback). Urban Growth Policy in a Market Economy George S. Tolley, Philip E. Graves, and John L. Gardner. Academic Press, New York, 1979. 220 pp. $16.50.