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