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Lastly, the hypothesis, derived from Hall's work on London, that suburban industrial zones are basically central area industrial zones "writ large" (p. 157), in that the industries in both areas are influenced by similar locational considerations, is, to this reviewer at least, somewhat suspect.More significant, perhaps, are criticisms which may be made of the balance of urban geographical topics within the book. Though embracing both the " norphological/townscape" and the "functional/statistical" approaches to urban geography, the book seems weighted more to the former than the latter. As a result, topics which some urban geographers would regard as very important, notably central place theory (6 pages out of c. 170) are outlined too briefly to permit as clear an exposition as a student requires. Incidentally, the absence of any reference whatever in this connection to Haggett's masterly "Locational Analysis in Human Geography" is most surprising. Other topics discussed very briefly, or ignored, include the vexed question of urban functional hierarchies (2 pages), and the use of Morrill-type diffusion and other quantitative models to predict and understand changes in city spatial structure.These criticisms are more of emphasis than of onlission. In general, the author has produced a useful, clear, and wide-ranging introductory urban geography text. The book deserves to be read by all students beginning work on urban geography...