The Urban Land Nexus and the State

A.J. Scott

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