Contents: Urban Population Growth in a Long-term Perspective: Urban population in Denmark: patterns of location and change in a long-term perspective; Long run dynamics of the French urban system; The crowding and uncrowding of European cities: secular population trends 1750-1988; Socio-economic Trends in Urban Europe 1950-1990: Socio-economic change in a system of cities 1950-1990; Migration and urban growth in Turkey, 1965-1985; Demographic evolution and territorial redistribution of the population: the case of the metropolitan area of Bari; Recent population trends in cities and urban agglomerations in Germany; Multi-Level Perspectives of Recent Urban Change in Europe: The spatial organization of a declining population: a case study of the deconcentration of people and jobs in a West German urban region; Urbanization in France: general trends, housing policies and individual trajectories; Migrations in individual family life and urban change in The Netherlands: an attempt at multi-level analysis; Effects of changing lifestyles on urban growth in Sweden; Multi-level modelling of urban change: the case of gentrification; Innovation, urban development and individual decisions: an economic perspective.