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Sociable Cities: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard Peter Hall and Colin Ward. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998. 229 pp. $89.95, $39.95 (paperback). Urban Peace-Building in Divided Societies: Belfast and Johannesburg Scott A. Bollens. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1999. 340 pp. $60. Race and Politics: Asian Americans, Latinos, and Whites in a Los Angeles Suburb Leland T. Saito. University of Illinois Press, Champaign, 1998. 250 pp. $49.95, $21.95 (paperback). Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America Dalton Conley. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999. 209 pp. $45, $16.95 (paperback). Cities and Regions as Self-Organizing Systems: Models of Complexity Peter M. Allen. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1999. 275 pp. $90. Metropolitan Governance Revisited: American/Canadian Intergovernmental Perspectives Donald N. Rothblatt and Andrew Sancton, editors. Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley, 1998. 530 pp. $29.95 (paperback). The Work of Cities Susan E. Clarke and Gary L. Gaile. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1998. 240 pp. $47.95, $18.95 (paperback). Inside Game/Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America David Rusk. Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1999. 384 pp. $29.95. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice Bent Flyvbjerg. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1998. 290 pp. $43, $16.95 (paperback). Design Guidelines in American Cities: A Review of Design Policies and Guidance in Five West-Coast Cities John Punter. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, 1999. 230 pp. £18.50 (paperback). ULI on the Future: Smart Growth-Economy, Community, Environment The Urban Land Institute, Washington, DC, 1998. 48 pp. $24.95 (paperback). Trends and Innovations in Master-Planned Communities Adrienne Schmitz and Lloyd W. Bookout. Urban Land Institute, Washington, DC, 1998. 150 pp. $59.95 (paperback). Urban Parks and Open Space Alexander Garvin and Gayle Berens. Urban Land Institute, Washington, DC, 1997. 217 pp. $40.95 (paperback). Parking Spaces: A Design, Implementation, and Use Manual for Architects, Planners, and Engineers Mark C. Childs. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999. 289 pp. $59.95. Who Owns America? Social Conflict Over Property Rights Harvey M. Jacobs, editor. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1998. 268 pp. $19.95 (paperback). The Takings Issue: Constitutional Limits on Land Use Control and Environmental Regulation Robert Meltz, Dwight H. Merriam, and Richard M. Frank. Island Press, Washington, DC, 1999. 572 pp. $60. Rent Control: Regulation and the Rental Housing Market W. Dennis Keating, Michael B. Teitz, and Andrejs Skaburskis. Center for Urban Policy Research, New Brunswick, NJ, 1998. 246 pp. $14.95 (paperback). Ecological Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues Robert A. Herendeen. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998. 331 pp. $44.95 (paperback). Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves: A History of American Environmental Policy Richard N. L. Andrews. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1999. 463 pp. $65, $30 (paperback). Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, William B. Tye, and Clifford Winston, editors. The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 1999. 577 pp. $54.95, $22.95 (paperback). Introduction to Action Research: Social Research for Social Change Davydd J. Greenwood and Morten Levin. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1998. 274 pp. $69.95, $34.95 (paperback).