Reclaiming the City provides historical and comparative perspectives on these topical questions, examining in particular the impact of global and local forces on urban development in the long term, the cities' capacity to rise to the challenge and their continuous need to both enhance and contain diversity. These themes are developed by exploring different aspects of urban development such as counter-urbanisation, cultural innovations, changes in spatial form, migration and identity formation.
The questions are explored in diverse urban settings, ranging from ancient Rome to the present-day metropolis, from manufacturing centres to national capitals and from noble World Heritage cities to disreputable sailortowns. The contributors are from Finland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Sweden and the United States.
The Articles:
Marjaana Niemi, Rethinking the Past, Confronting the Future. The City at the Turn of the Millenium.
Richard Rodger, Countering counter-Urbanisation. Trends in 20th Century Scottish Towns and Cities.
Lars Nilsson, The Return to the City. 20th Century Urban Development in Sweden.
Tanja Vahtikari, Urban Interpretations of World Heritage. Re-defining the City.
Pertti Haapala, The Rise and Fall of Industrial Society. Perceptions of Urban Reality.
Tapio Salminen, Unknown Hands, Trusted Men. Professional Writing in Finnish Medieval Town Administration.
Peter Clark, European Cities, Culture and Innovation in a Regional Perspective.
Lud'a Klusáková, The Spread of Cultural Innovations. Towns in East-Central Europe 1750-1900.
Harri Siiskonen, The Spread of Desease. Sex, City and AIDS in Namibia.
Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen, Land Amidst the Sea. Merchant Seamen and Port Towns in the 19th Century.
Aira Kemiläinen, Cultural Nationalism in Japan. From Village-Community to Industrial Cities.
Suzanne M. Sinke, Gender, International Migration and Urban Spaces in the United States.
Katariina Mustakallio, Founding the City, Creating Identity. Marriage and Ideology in Rome.
Christian Krötzl, Urban Identities in the Middle Ages. The Changing Role of Saints.
