This book was first published in 1980.
1. The urban question in context
2. Mode of production, capitalism and the State: a general framework of analysis
3. Commodity production and the structuring of geographical space
4. Urbanization and planning: a brief record of some recent problems and policies
5. Mainstream approaches to urban theory
6. Urban patterns 1: production space
7. Urban patterns 2: reproduction and circulation space
8. The urban land nexus and the state
9. The origins and character of urban planning
10. Urban development and planning intervention: five illustrative sketches
11. Planning ideologies
12. Urban problems and urban planning today