Joseph A. Lauwerys Professor of Comparative Education in the University of London. David G. Scanlon Professor of International Education, Columbia University

• Editors' Introduction Section I Towards a Theory of Urban Education 1 Introduction: Education in Cities 2 Toward a Strategy of Urban-Educational Study 3 The Urban Functions of Educational Institutions Section II Africa Introduction 4 South Africa: A Bantu Urban Residential Area 5 Lagos 6 Durban 7 Cape Coast Section III North and South America Introduction 8 The U.S.A.: Cities and Conurbations 9 The Americas: The University, the Ghetto and the Favela 10 The U.S.A.: Alternatives for Urban School Reform 11 Chicago: Educational Development in a Metropolitan Area 12 Urban Change and Schools of Education 13 Montreal 14 Newfoundland: Problems of Urbanization on a Small Scale 15 Latin American Cities: their Growth and their Educational Problems 16 Caracas: Educating the Urban Invaders 17 Rio de Janeiro Section IV Europe Introduction 18 City Planning for the Future: A Comparative Study 19 Functions of Urban Educational Establishments: The U.S.S.R. 20 England and Wales: Planning Schools for New Communities 21 A Megalopolis: The Ruhr/Rhein Complex 22 New Cities, Educational Traditions and the Future 23 Czechoslovakia 24 Milton Keynes: A City for Learning 25 Nottingham 26 Rotterdam 27 Rome 28 Sofia 29 Ankara Section V The Near, Mid and Far East Introduction 30 Haifa 31 Calcutta 32 Udaipur 33 Colombo 34 Bangkok-Thonburi: An Urban Complex 35 China: in Search of an Anti-City Education 36 Manila 37 Kuala Lumpur: A Primate City