Patterns of European Urbanisation Since 1500

Patterns of European Urbanisation Since 1500 examines urbanisation in Europe since 1500, paying particular attention to the underlying factors which govern the differentiated process of urbanisation.

List of contents

Preface Contributors Foreword: Patterns of Urban Growth Since 1500, Mainly in Western Europe 1. Urbanization. What’s in a Name? 2. Urbanisation and Economic Development in the Western World: Some Provisional Conclusions of an Empirical Study 3. Patterns of Urbanization in Pre-Industrial Europe, 1500-1800 4. The Impact of Functional Differentiation Within Systems of Industrialised Cities 5. Some Examples of Analyzing the Process of Urbanization: Northern Italy (Eighteenth to Twentieth Century) 6. The Influence of Industrialisation on Urban Growth in Prussia (1815-1914) 7. Urbanisation in Sweden, 1840-1920 8. The Rise of the ‘Randstad’, 1815-1930 9. The Population Growth of the Urban Municipalities in the Netherlands Between 1849 and 1970, With Particular Reference to the Period 1899-1930 10. Epilogue: One Subject, Many Views

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Henk Schmal

Summary

Patterns of European Urbanisation Since 1500 examines urbanisation in Europe since 1500, paying particular attention to the underlying factors which govern the differentiated process of urbanisation.

Product details

• Authors: Henk Schmal
• Assisted by: Henk Schmal (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780815395478
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9547-8
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban History; Routledge Library Editions: Urban History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries