The Urban Logistic Network: Cities, Transport And Distribution In Europe From The Middle Ages To Modern Times

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This edited collection examines the formation of urban networks and role of gateways in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern world. In the past, gateway cities were merely perceived as transport points, only relevant to maritime shipping. Today they are seen as the organic entities coordinating the allocation of resources and supporting the growth, efficiency and sustainability of logistics (including both the transport and distribution of goods and services). Using different historical case studies, the authors consider how logistics shaped urban networks and were shaped by them. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (Giovanni Favero, Michael-W. Serruys, Miki Sugiura)....Pages 1-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Gateway of Gothenburg (Per Hallén)....Pages 23-49 Front Matter ....Pages 51-51 Bordeaux from Its Vineyards to Its Hinterland: A Regional Capital in the Late Middle Ages (Sandrine Lavaud)....Pages 53-73 Urban Networks on the Move: The Austrian Netherlands’ Transit Policy and the Development of the Belgian Urban Networks in the Eighteenth Century (1704–1793) (Michael-W. Serruys)....Pages 75-100 Persistence and Evolution in the Eastern Sicilian Coastal Corridor: The Mobility of Goods and People at the Port of Catania (1817–1860) (Giovanni Cristina)....Pages 101-121 Bridging the Gap: The Belfast-Dublin Railway Corridor in the Nineteenth Century (Agustina Martire)....Pages 123-142 Front Matter ....Pages 143-143 Urban Network and Economic Policy: The Milanese Case During the Spanish and Austrian Ages (Giovanna Tonelli)....Pages 145-160 The Construction of an Inland Gateway: Milan in the Course of the Early Modern Period (Luca Mocarelli)....Pages 161-171 Gateways as Inter-Modal Nodes in Different Ages: The Venetian Region, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries (Giovanni Favero)....Pages 173-190 Front Matter ....Pages 191-191 The Flaxseed Trade Between Courland and Brittany in the Eighteenth Century (Pierrick Pourchasse)....Pages 193-207 Ports and Their Functions: Some Reflections About Preindustrial Logistics (Werner Scheltjens)....Pages 209-223 Tracking Waters: Small Cities Transport Network of Early Modern Friesland (Miki Sugiura)....Pages 225-248 Back Matter ....Pages 249-253