Nigel C. Lewis is a consulting engineer, planner and designer who has practised in the UK, and across western and central Europe, the mid-East, Africa, Asia and the USA. As part of multi-disciplinary design and building teams, he has been responsible for the planning, design and realisation of both private and publicly financed facilities and urban infrastructure.

PART I - INTRODUCTION and URBAN THEORY

PART II - ESTABLISHED HISTORIC CITIES

2.0 Introduction - Historic Cities

2.1 Imperial Cities

2.2 Theistic Cities

2.3 Former Capital Cities

2.4 Historic European Capital Cities

2.5 Academic and Ecclesiastic European Cities

PART III - EARLY TRADING CITIES

3.0 Introduction - Early Trading Cities

3.1 Mercantile Port Cities

3.2 Lowland, Hanseatic, Baltic, and Scandinavian Port Cities

3.3 Maritime Cities

3.4 Island Cities

3.5 Mountain Cities

PART IV - PLANNED CITIES

4.0 Introduction - Planned Cities

4.1 Former Soviet and Eastern European Cities

4.2 Divided Cities

4.3 Industrial & De-industrialised Cities

4.4 Modern American Cities

4.5 New Capital Cities

PART V - EMERGING GLOBAL CITIES

5.0 Introduction - Emerging Global Cities

5.1 Innovative Cities

5.2 Trans-National Global Cities

5.3 Mega African Cities

5.4 Mega South American Cities

5.5 Mega Asian Cities

PART VI - MEGALOPOLITAN AGGLOMERATIONS

6.0 Megalopolitan Agglomerations

6.1 Megalopolitan Europe

6.2 Megalopolitan Americas

6.3 Megalopolitan Japan

6.4 Megalopolitan India

6.5 Megalopolitan China

PART VII - SUMMARY

7.0 Synopsis

Bibliography & Further Reading