Western Europe provides a balanced appraisal of common characteristics and shared problems of the eighteen states lying to the west of the former Iron Curtain.

    1. Optimism and uncertainty
    2. Political evolution
    3. Demographic and social change
    4. Migration
    5. Energy
    6. Industry
    7. The service sector
    8. Urban development
    9. Agriculture and rural change
    10. Recreation and conservation
    11. The encircling seas
    12. Trends in regional development
    13. Western Europe and the 'new Europe'

    Biography

    Clout, Hugh; Blacksell, Mark; King, Russell; Pinder, David