Originally published in 1981 and based on the authors' own research, this book provides a comprehensive review of planning in the Soviet Union up until the early 1980s for both geographers and Soviet specialists.

Judith Pallott and Denis J. B. Shaw

Part 1: The Context 1. The Ideological Environment 2. Political Institutions and Decision-Making 3. Economic Structures and Strategies Part 2: Aspects of Spatial Planning 4. Regional Planning 5. Constraints in Regional Planning - Population 6. Constraints in Regional Planning - Physical Factors, Resources and Transportation 7. Industrial Location 8. The Location of Agricultural Production 9. Consumer Welfare and Spatial Planning 10. Planning the Settlement System 11. City, Town and Village.