Peter Hall is Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Ulrich Pfeiffer is an economic adviser to the German government in Bonn.

• I - The Millennial Change. II - Trends and Outcomes: The Urban World of 2025. III - Two Scenarios: The Urban World of 2025. IV - Rising to the Urban Challenge: Governance and Policy. V: Good Governance in Practice: An Action Plan.

'A major contribution to the literature of urban planning, bringing together as it does the challenges posed by cities across the world, rather than just one part of it. In doing so it will extend the understanding of many involved in urban development in the developed world and challenge them to see their concerns in the light of the much greater urban problems elsewhere.' - Foresight'Brings together a number of interesting planning ideas and can serve as a stimulating vehicle for discussion among practitioners... Recommended for planning and social science collections, especially those focused on futuristics.' - Choice