Examining the growth of cities and the problems they face today, this book summarizes the action needed to regress the decline. It examines the following: commercial redevelopment; industrial parks; re-use of existing buildings; the role of public transport; inner-city housing; neighbourhood conservation; housing co-operatives and self-build; environmental improvement; the funding and organization of redevelopment programmes; the role of the architect, entrepreneur and the public authorities; and the need for coherent vision and planning. The cities covered include: London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol, Nottingham, Hull, Dublin, New York, Boston, Washington, Vancouver, Ontario, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Genoa, Bologna, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Barcelona and Sydney.