The Nature of Cities Reconsidered / The Pattern of the Metropolis / The Evolving Form and Organization of the Metropolis: Principal Location Factors / A Theory of the Urban Land Market / The Location of Economic Activity in Cities / Economic Change and Rural-Urban Land Conversions / A Theory of Location for Cities / Recent Developments of Central Place Theory / Central Places in the Random Spatial Economy / Cities as Systems Within Systems of Cities / Central Place Systems, Spatial Interaction, and Stochastic Processes / Urban Expansion in the United States / City Growth and City Structure / Contrasts in Agglomeration: New York and Pittsburgh / Planning and Development in Metropolitan Affairs / The City of the Future: The Problem of Optimal Design