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Transforming space. Visible and invisible changes in premodern European cities
, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 250 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:22 b/w, 68 col., 2 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503579849.
Summary Transforming Space deals with visible and invisible changes in premodern cities, their causes and the way in which they were perceived and received. The chapters in this book analyse the development and management of urban space, combining case studies and insights from a range of cities from all over Europe. Several contributions deal with the impact of major events on the urban tissue: geopolitics; disasters such as fires or wars; expropriation or redevelopment projects directed by urban governments; religious change such as the Dissolution in England, and the Reformation and Counter-Reformation on the continent. On closer scrutiny, however, some of these major events were only an accelerator of already ongoing processes of change. By shifting the perspective from the city as a whole, to neighbourhoods, urban blocks or even plots of land, other chapters reveal how functional change or real estate dynamics changed the urban landscape almost imperceptibly. This book is written from a comparative perspective that takes into account path-dependency. Pre-existing power relations, ideology and mentality, the resilience of property structures, the impact of building regulations, subsidies, or the effects of real estate markets are shown to have had different outcomes for different social groups and the evolution of neighbourhoods. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of illustrations and platesList of contributors1. Transforming space. Visible and invisible changes in premodern European cities Jaap Evert Abrahamse and Heidi Deneweth I. Mitigating geopolitical and fire risks 2. Ravaging, reconstructing and reshaping. The transformation of townscape in Turku, 1300-1830 Liisa Sepp nen 3. Medieval Silesian cities and their transformations in the Late Middle Ages Rafa? Eysymontt 4. Up in smoke. The transforming power of fire safety policies in the Low Countries, 1250-1550 Janna Coomans II. Religion as an accelerator of urban change 5. Redevelopment in monastic towns of Late Medieval and Early Modern England Anna Anisimova 6. Continuity in change. A comparison between the centres of Bologna and Strasbourg, 1200-1650 Colin Arnaud 7. The measure of success. The case of the Strada Maqueda in Palermo, 1600-1750 Maurizio Vesco and Valeria Viola III. The impact of economic and demographic change on existing housing blocks 8. From pigsties to palaces. The demolition of Amsterdam's late-medieval town walls and the transformation of its edge zone Jaap Evert Abrahamse 9. Location and transformation. Changing plot structures in existing housing blocks in Bruges, 16th-19th centuries Heidi Deneweth 10. Intramural improvements. The redevelopment of Newcastle upon Tyne in the long eighteenth century Sarah Collins Plates
Metropolis in the Making: A Planning History of Amsterdam in the Dutch Golden Age
, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 535 pages, Size:220 x 280 mm, Illustrations:105 b/w, 100 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503580302.
Summary After the Fall of Antwerp in 1585, Amsterdam took over its position as the central trade hub in northwestern Europe and grew rapidly to become one of Europesurge in trade and industry went hand in hand with an explosive growth of Amsterdam, in 1613 and 1663 respectively, which increased the surface area of the city fivefold. Around the old town, the famous ring of canals was constructed. Beyond this residential district, mixed-use and industrial zones were laid out, while the construction of new harbour islands resulted in a five-kilometre waterfront along the borders of the IJ, the sea-branch that connected Amsterdam to the rest of the world. In the Dutch Golden Age, Amsterdam became an extraordinarily modern city, laid out in accordance with the trifold demand for functionality, beauty, and profit. It thus occupies a unique place in planning history because of its location, design, and impressive scale. This book examines how the administrative bodies of Amsterdam managed to undertake and complete these immense projects from the viewpoints of urban design, infrastructure, water management, logistics, and finance. The first part of this study is dedicated to the extension projects. A thorough analysis of extant administrative archives and numerous cartographic documents has enabled the author to reconstruct the decision-making process concerning the scale, design, and realization of the extensions. The second part examines in detail the use of the land, public space, and water management. Metropolis in the Making tells the story of one of the most meticulously planned cities in the world, and reveals how Amsterdam thus became, among many other things, a significant cradle of early modern capitalism and urbanism.
Atlas of the Dutch Urban Landscape a millennium of spatial development
, Thoth, 2017 Hardcover, 304 PAGES, Illustrated. 35x25cm FINE. ISBN 9789068686906.
Atlas of the Dutch urban landscape The Netherlands is the most densely urbanised country in Europe. Its crowded landscape of greater and smaller, older and younger towns was formed in the course of a millennium. What were the roots of this urban landscape, and how did it develop? What do the urbanisation histories of the Netherlands and the rest of Europe have in common, and how do they differ? The book 'Atlas of the Dutch Urban Landscape. A Millennium of Spatial Development' contains a comprehensive synthesis of a millennium of spatial development in the Netherlands. Series of maps, photos and paintings clearly illustrate processes of growth, stagnation and decline in Dutch towns and place them in an international perspective.
