Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- Dedication -- Chapter 1. POSTWAR URBANIZATION -- The Rapidity of Urbanization -- Population Growth -- Migration -- Chapter 2. THE URBAN SYSTEM -- Evolution of the System -- The Primacy of Paris -- Postwar Movement of Population -- Analysis of the Urban System -- The Functional Classifications -- Spatial and Multi-variate Approaches -- The Changing System -- Chapter 3. PLANNING THE URBAN HIERARCHY (I) THE METROPOLES D'EQUILIBRE -- Lyon -- Saint-Etienne -- Grenoble -- Marseille -- Aix -- Lille -- Roubaix -- Tourcoing -- Bordeaux -- Toulouse -- Nantes -- Saint -- Nazaire -- Nancy -- Metz -- Thionville -- Strasbourg -- The Métropoles in Retrospect -- Chapter 4. PLANNING THE URBAN HIERARCHY (II) THE MEDIUM-SIZED AND SMALL TOWNS -- Concern for the Medium-sized Town -- A Policy for the Medium-sized Towns -- A Popular Strategy -- The Small Towns -- In Retrospect -- Chapter 5· HOUSING AND LAND USE PLANNING -- Legislation for Housing -- Rented Housing -- The Owner-occupied Sector -- Housing Estates -- Land Use Planning -- Chapter 6. REVOLUTION IN RETAILING -- Advent of the Hypermarket -- Beyond the Hypermarket -- Chapter 7· RESTORATION OF THE CITY CENTRE -- Impoverishment of the Core -- Restoration -- Chapter 8. PARIS -- Morphology and Housing -- Employment and the Journey to Work -- Planning for Paris -- The Schéma Directeur -- Change at the Centre -- Transport Planning -- Growth Nodes in the Suburbs -- Chapter 9· NEW TOWNS -- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines -- Cergy-Pontoise -- Marne-la-Vallée -- Melun-Sénart -- Le Vaudreuil -- Lille-Est -- L'Isle-d'Abeau -- Les Rives de l'Etang de Berre -- Prospects for the New Towns -- Chapter 10. POSTSCRIPT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX