This book, first published in 1985, explores the ways predicted by the editors and contributors to the urban system, shaped by emerging technologies, at the national and international levels. Technological changes included automation in the secondary sector, impacts of rising energy prices and threats of shortages, and the effects of substitution in the areas of energy technology and vehicles.

The socio-economic factors discussed include patterns of unemployment, urban activities and lifestyles and their interactions. This title will be of interest to urban students..