A joint publication with the Public Policy Institute of California.

For more than forty years this text has been educating students about the history of city planning and its contemporary practice. The sixth edition brings students up-to-date with new coverage of computer modeling, the new exurbia and megalopolis, seismic issues, hazardous waste, development vs. no growth, environmental concerns, and participatory planning.

Describes the nature of telecommuting and estimates its near-term future prospects and its implication for transportation and related areas. Gives projection of the growth of telecommunting to the year 2002.