Part 1 Introduction: rebuilding the city, Patsy Healey et al urban regeneration and the development industry, Patsy Healey. Part 2 The dynamics of land and property markets: current trends in property investment and development, Rupert Nabarro and Tony Key property led urban regeneration in inner Manchester, Chris Law the rise and fall of the property market in Tyne and Wear, David Usher and Simin Davoudi vacancy and recent structural changes in the demand for land in Liverpool, Christopher Couch and Steven Fowles. Part 3 Development projects: the merchant city as an example of housing-led urban regeneration, Colin Jones and Jim Patrick shipyard to housing estate - the transformation of the urban fabric, Patsy Healey towards a new city? - a case study of image improvement initiatives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sue Wilkinson. Part 4 Forms of "partnership": property interests and urban growth coalitions in the UK - a brief encounter, Alan Harding property-led partnership arrangements in Scotland - the private sector domain, Greg Lloyd flagship projects in urban regeneration, Franco Bianchini et al structures for development in the 1990s - practice in west Yorkshire, David Whitney and Graham Haughton. Part 5 Cities and property development: prisoners of the city - whatever could a postmodern city be?, Kevin Robins urban regeneration and rebuilding the city - concluding review, Patsy Healey et al.