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From the Review Editors The “Green Book” Third Edition (Paired Review) The Practice of Local Government Planning Charles Hoch, Linda Dalton, and Frank So, editors. International City/County Management Association, Municipal Management Series, Washington, DC, 2000 (3rd edition). 496 pages. $42.95. The Practice of Local Government Planning Charles Hoch, Linda Dalton, and Frank So, editors. International City/County Management Association, Municipal Management Series, Washington, DC, 2000 (3rd edition). 496 pages. $42.95. Collapse of the Middle Class The Missing Middle: Working Families and the Future of American Social Policy Theda Skocpol. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 2000. 207 pages. $25.95. Women and Planning Gender, Identity, and Place: Understanding Feminist Geographies Linda McDowell. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1999. 290 pages. $49.95, $19.95 (paperback). Gendering the City: Women, Boundaries, and Visions of Urban Life Kristine B. Miranne and Alma H. Young, editors. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2000. 229 pages. $65, $24.95 (paperback). Women's Rights to House and Land: China, Laos, Vietnam Irene Tinker and Gale Summerfield, editors. Lynn Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, 1999. 305 pages. $48.95. Social Capital Community Organizing: Building Social Capital as a Development Strategy Ross Gittell and Avis Vidal. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1998. 196 pages. $49.50, $18.95 (paperback). Urban-suburban Interdependencies Rosaline Greenstein and Wim Wiewel, editors. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2000, 204 pages. $20 (paperback). Confronting Suburban Decline: Strategic Planning for Metropolitan Revival William H. Lucy and David L. Phillips. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2000, 384 pp. $35 (paperback) Planning Communities for the 21st Century Growing Smart Project, American Planning Association, Chicago, 1999. 106 pages. $10 (paperback). International Planning Issues The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and Management of Change Mario Polese and Richard Stren, editors. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Buffalo, London, 2000, 334 pages. $24.95 (paperback). Extending Themselves: User-initiated Transformations of Government-built Housing in Developing Countries Graham Tipple. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, U.K., 2000. 358 pages. $25.95 (paperback). Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon John O. Browder and Brian J. Godfrey. Columbia University Press, New York, 1997. 429 pages. $52, $25.50 (paperback). Traditional and Modern Natural Resource Management in Latin America Francisco J. Pichón, Jorge E. Uquillas, and John Frechione, editors. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999. 319 pages. $45, $19.95 (paperback). Street Reclaiming Street Reclaiming: Creating Livable Streets and Vibrant Communities David Engwicht. New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC, 1999. 208 pages. $18.95 (paperback). Spaces Between Buildings The Spaces Between Buildings Larry R. Ford. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2000. 223 pages. $58, $25.95 (paperback). Property and Values Property and Values: Alternatives to Public and Private Ownership Charles Geisler and Gail Daneker, editors. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2000. 336 pages. $35 (paperback). Takings Takings Litigation Handbook Douglas T. Kendall, Timothy J. Dowling, and Andrew W. Schwartz. American Legal Publishing, Cincinatti, OH, 2000. 402 pages. $49.95 (paperback). Briefly Noted The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and Resistance James H. Mittelman. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2000. 272 pages. $49.50, $17.95 (paper). City and Port: Urban Planning as a Cultural Venture in London, Barcelona, New York and Rotterdam Hans Meyer. International Books, Rotterdam, 1999. 424 pages, $65. City Making: Building Communities without Building Walls Gerald E. Frug. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1999. 245 pages. $35. Developing Affordable Housing, A Practical Guide for Nonprofit Organizations Bennett L. Hecht. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999 (2nd edition). 690 pages. $95. Federal Planning and Historic Places: The Section 106 Process Thomas F. King. Altamira Press, New York, 2000. 200 pages. $62, $23.95 (paperback). Development as Freedom Amartya Sen. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999. 366 pages $29.95, $15 (paperback). Aspects of Central Place Julia Spark, producer, Eric Harrison, director. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. (1992). 20 minutes. $89.95. Central City Julia Spark, producer, Eric Harrison, director. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. (1992). 20 minutes. $89.95. The Developing City Julia Spark, producer, Eric Harrison, director. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. (1999). 20 minutes. $89.95. The Growth of Towns and Cities Kenneth Price, producer and director. Films for the Humanities & Sciences.(1999). 19 minutes. $129. (Available from PO Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053, <http://www.films.com>) Cities for People [Video] Amanda C. Pope and John Louis Field (Producers). 1974. Produced for KPBS Television, San Diego. (Available from University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center Street, Fourth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704). 49 minutes. $95. The Panel and the Dig [Video] Hartmut Gerdes (Producer). 1994. (Available from University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center Street, Fourth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704). 50 minutes. $150.