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OverHolland 21
"Water management and cultural heritage in the Netherlands are inextricably linked. This edition of 'OverHolland' looks at the area known as the Randstad, where the water system is almost entirely below sea level. It is regarded as the main driver of the Dutch economy, being the most urbanised and most densely populated part of the country. A comprehensive map published by Willem Hendricus Hoekwater in 1901 was an important source of inspiration for the joint study of the genesis of the Randstad's water system conducted by the Cultural Heritage Agency and the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft that forms the core of this edition and its detailed cartographic reconstructions."--publisher.
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Atlas of the Dutch Urban Landscape
"This book 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. The Atlas of the Dutch Urban Landscape is the first national overview of urbanization and urbanism and as such a potential source of inspiration for other nations in Europe and beyond."--
Metropolis in the Making
After the Fall of Antwerp in 1585, Amsterdam took over its position as the main trade hub in northwestern Europe. The city grew rapidly to become the central harbour town - and one of the largest European cities. The boom in harbours and industry went hand in hand with an explosive population growth. This resulted in two huge city extensions in 1613 and 1663, multiplying the territory of Amsterdam by five. Around the old town, the now famous ring of canals was constructed. Beyond this residential zone mixed-use and industrial districts were laid out, with a series of harbour islands along the borders of the IJ. Early modern Amsterdam was an ultra-modern city, laid out conforming to the tripl...
Cities Made of Boundaries
Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social scientific urban morphological mapping method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Mapping. Its vantage is a plea to establish a frame of reference for radically comparative urban studies positioned between geography and archaeology. Based in multidisciplinary social and spatial theory, a critical realist understanding of the boundaries that compose built space is operationalised by a mapping practice utilising Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Benjamin N. Vis gives a precise account of how BLT Mapping can be applied to detailed historical, reconstructed, contemporary, and archaeological urban plans, exemplified by sixteenth to twenty-first century Winchester (UK) and Classic Maya Chunchucmil (Mexico). This account demonstrates how the functional and experiential difference between compact western and tropical dispersed cities can be explored. The methodological development of Cities Made of Boundaries will appeal to readers interested in the comparative social analysis of built environments, and those seeking to expand the evidence-base of design options to structure urban life and development.
Stadswording in de Nederlanden
Dit boek gaat over de wording van steden in de Nederlanden gedurende de Middeleeuwen. Bijna alle steden die wij tegenwoordig kennen, zijn tussen de elfde en vijftiende eeuw ontstaan. Dankzij het vele werk dat is verzet in bijvoorbeeld de archeologie, de historische geografie, de geschiedwetenschap en de architectuurgeschiedenis is de kennis van het stadswordingsproces de afgelopen decennia flink toegenomen. Door het overwegend specialistische karakter van het recente onderzoek is een overzichtelijke kijk op de Nederlandse stedengeschiedenis echter ver te zoeken. In dit boek wordt voor het eerst een handzaam overzicht gegeven. Een keur aan specialisten uit de verschillende disciplines behandelt op toegankelijke wijze thema's zoals de stad in het landschap, de interpretatie van archeologische vondsten, de morfologie van de stad en de verlening van stadsrechten. Bovendien wil dit boek duidelijk maken wat de diverse disciplines die zich bezighouden met de geschiedenis van de stad aan elkaar kunnen hebben, en zo een stimulans zijn voor verder synthetiserend onderzoek naar de wordingsgeschiedenis van steden in de Nederlanden.
Extended Urbanisation
Extended methods of analysis for urbanisation processes illustrated in eight world regions. Urbanisation processes are unfolding far beyond the realm of agglomerations, profoundly transforming agrarian areas, rain forests, deserts and oceans. Inextricably bound to the earth’s ecologies, these developments are causing manifold planetary crises which require urgent scrutiny and call for new conceptions and cartographies of the urban beyond-the-city. Through detailed analysis and fieldwork captured in text, photographs and hand-drawn maps, the book portrays the effects of extended urbanisation in eight world regions. It offers a redefinition of the very notions of the “city”, “urban” and “urbanisation” and outlines new urban agendas developed to address planetary challenges. This book decenters the perspective on the urban, foregrounds urban struggle, and transcends rural-urban and north-south divides. Fundamental book for urbanism studies Redefinition of the terms “city”, “urban” and “urbanisation” Analysis of urbanisation processes in eight world regions
Meten en tellen
In Meten en tellen presenteert historicus en schrijver Peter van Druenen een nieuwe methode om de inwonertallen van steden in de zestiende, zeventiende en achttiende eeuw te kunnen inschatten. Nieuw is het feit dat er hoofdzakelijk gebruik wordt gemaakt van oude stadsplattegronden en veel minder van de gebruikelijke bronnen zoals doop- trouw-, begraaf- en poorterboeken. Voor de zestiende eeuw gebruikt Van Druenen de beroemde stadskaarten van Jacob van Deventer en voor de zeventiende eeuw die van Joan Blaeu. De verschillende testen die de auteur uitvoert op een aantal Zeeuwse, Hollandse en Vlaamse steden, tonen zonder uitzondering aan dat de nieuwe methode resultaten oplevert die veel betrouwbaarder zijn dan de bestaande methoden. Daarmee wordt een belangrijke stap gezet in de verdere ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse historische demografie. Met de nieuwe methode kunnen straks de bevolkingsaantallen van alle Nederlandse (en deels ook Belgische en Noord-Franse) steden voor het eerst systematisch worden bepaald.
Power and Urban Space in Pre-Modern Holland
Cities and urban societies have many faces. In this study, the pre-modern cities of Holland are presented as arenas where power relations between social classes are expressed in a more or less permanent appropriation of physical space and through discursive strategies. The continuity of the power relations in the cities of Holland, spanning centuries, makes it urgent to look not only at the assumption of urban space as an expression of power relations within society, but also at the contribution of this appropriation to the acceptance and continuity of the existing power relations in pre-modern Holland. Within this broad area, extensive attention is paid to: the very prominent and enduring a...
