Book Reviews

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From the Review Editors Place Making: Developing Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages Charles C. Bohl. Urban Land Institute, Washington, DC, 2002. 305 pages. $69.95. Redesigning Cities: Principles, Practice, Implementation Jonathan Barnett. APA Planners Press, Chicago, 2003. 312 pages. $45.95. Principles of Emergency Planning and Management David Alexander. Oxford University Press, New York, 2002. 304 pages. $30 (paperback). Environmental Politics and Policy in Industrialized Countries Uday Desai, editor. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002. 403 pages. $62, $24.95 (paperback). New Technologies, Economies, and Communities New Money, Nice Town: How Capital Works in the New Urban Economy Leonard Nevarez. Routledge, New York, 2003. 224 pages. $22.95 (paperback). Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). OECD, Paris, 2001. 191 pages. $27. The Co-Workplace: Teleworking in the Neighborhood Laura Johnson. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC, 2003. 144 pages. $85. Wired to the World, Chained to the Home: Telework in Daily Life Penny Gurstein. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC, 2001. 246 pages. $75. Global Decisions, Local Collisions: Urban Life in the New World Order David Ranney. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2003. $69.50, $19.95 (paperback). Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology, Community and Public Policy Lisa J. Servon. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2002. 273 pages. $27.95. Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape David M. Scobey. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2002. 340 pages. $40. Building Chicago: The First Hundred Years [Video]. Films for the Humanities & Sciences (producer). Princeton, NJ, 1997. 30 minutes $129.95. Paris in the 19th Century: The Making of a Modern City [Video]. Films for the Humanities & Sciences (producer). Princeton, NJ, 1998. 58 minutes $149.95. Democracy in Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions Thomas C. Beierle and Jerry Cayford. Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, 2002. 147 pages. $50, $18.95 (paperback). Successful Public Meetings: A Practical Guide Elaine Cogan. American Planning Association, Chicago, 2000. 134 pages. $22.95. The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics William Easterly. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002. 356 pages. $17.95. American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality Myron Orfield. Brookings Institution Press, Baltimore, 2002. 221 pages. $29.95. Place Matters: Metropolitics for the 21st Century Peter Dreier, John Mollenkopf, and Todd Swanstrom. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, 2001. 349 pages. $15.95. Land Use Planning Made Plain, 2nd Edition Hok-Lin Leung. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2003. 292 pages. $29.95 (paperback). Ecology, Engineering, and Management: Reconciling Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Service Reliability Michel van Eeten and Emery Roe. Oxford University Press, New York, 2002. 268 pages. $50. Ecological Planning: A Historical and Comparative Synthesis Forster Ndubisi. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2002. 286 pages. $45. Developing Successful Infill Housing Diane R. Suchman. Urban Land Institute, Washington, DC, 2002. 202 pages. $59.95 (paperback). Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design Donald Watson, Alan Plattus, and Robert Shibley. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003. 960 pages. $150. A Limited Partnership: The Politics of Religion, Welfare, and Social Service Bob Wineburg. Columbia University Press, New York, 2001. 229 pages. $51, $23.50 (paperback). Urban Indicators for Managing Cities (Cities Data Book) Matthew S. Westfall and Victoria A. de Villa. Asian Development Bank, Manila, 2001. 460 pages and CD. $30. The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources 2002–2003 Peter Gleick with William C. G. Burns, Elizabeth L. Chalecki, Michael Cohen, Katherine Kao Cushing, Amar S. Mann, Rachel Reyes, Gary H. Wolff, and Arlene K. Wong. Island Press, Washington DC, 2002. 334 pages. $32.50. OECD Environmental Indicators: Toward Sustainable Development Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OECD, Paris, 2001. 155 pages. $27. The State of the Nation's Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the United States H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2002. 270 pages. $25.