Originally published in 1979 and 1990 the 2 volumes in this set:

• Analyse the economic and social rationale of housing improvement in London.
• Review the progress of improvement legislation as applied to London.
• Identifies the connection between grant distribution and socio-economic change within Housing Action Areas in the 1960s and 70s.
• Provide introductory background to regional imbalance and policy in Britain.
• Examine the economic and social data suggestive of a North-South divide .
• Question well-known assumptions about regional imbalance.