Book reviews: Book reviews editors: Mike Downing Simon Marvin

Costs and Benefits of Rent Control in Kumasi, Ghana by S. Malpezzi, A. G. Tipple and K. G. Willis 1990 The World Bank. 129 pages. £9.95 Radical Planning Initiatives: New Directions for Urban Planning in the 1990s J. Montgmery and A. Thornley (Eds.) Gower, 1990, pp.325, £32.50 (hardback). Privatism and Urban Policy in Britain and the United States Barnekov, T., Boyle, R. and Rich, D. (1989). Oxford: Oxford University Press. £12.95 (paperback). The Scottish New Towns: The Way Ahead. Industry Department for Scotland. Cm 711 Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh. Price £5.00. 21 pages. The State in Action Simmie J. and King R. (eds). Pinter Publishing, 1990, 212 pages, £30.00. Current Issues in Planning eds. Sylvia Trench and Taner Oc. Gower 1990. £29.00. 236 pages. Opencast - Casting a Shadow Pratt A. and Pattison K. (1989). 96 pages. £4.00. M. F. Downing, Reader Landscape Design Evaluation Methods for Urban and Regional Plans: Essays in Memory of Morris (Moshe) Hill D. Shefer and H. Voogd (Eds.). Pion Ltd., London, 1990. 190 pages. £20.00 Environmental Assessment: a practical guide. C. A. Fortlage (1990). Gower, Aldershot. 168 pages. Price £25.00.