Commentary
Research policy and review 31. From branch plants to back offices: prospects for rural services growth 1565 – 1583
A Glasmeier, G Borchard
'Homelessness', contagious destruction of housing, and municipal service cuts in New York City: 1. Demographics of a housing deficit 1585 – 1602
R Wallace
Information intensive industries in metropolitan areas of the United States of America 1603 – 1618
M P Drennan
The fiscal crisis and the local state: examination of the structuralist concept 1619 – 1638
W Müller, R Rohr-Zänker
From tourist to tourism entrepreneur, from consumption to production: evidence from Cornwall, England 1639 – 1653
A M Williams, G Shaw, J Greenwood
Indicators of quality of life: some methodological issues 1655 – 1666
R J Rogerson, A M Findlay, A S Morris, M G Coombes
Letter to the editor 1667 – 1668
Reviews 1669 – 1684
Author index 1685 – 1686
Subject index 1687 – 1693
Book review index 1695 – 1700
