The Urban Logistic Network

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.

1. Introduction. - 2. Gateway of Gothenburg. - 3. Bordeaux from Its Vineyards to Its Hinterland: A Regional Capital in the Late Middle Ages. - 4. Urban Networks on the Move: The Austrian Netherlands Transit Policy and the Development of the Belgian Urban Networks in the 18^th Century (1705-1793). - 5. Persistence and Evolution in the Eastern Sicilian Coastal Corridor: The Mobility of Goods and People at the Port of Catania (1817-1860). - 6. Bridging the Gap: The Belfast-Dublin Railway Corridor in the 19^th Century. - 7. Urban Network and Economic Policy: The Milanese Case during the Spanish and Austrian Age. - 8. The Construction of an Inland Gateway: Milan in the Early Modern Period. - 9. Gateways as Intermodal Nodes in Different Ages: The Venetian Region, 18^th to 20^th Centuries. - 10. The Flaxseed Trade between Courland and Brittany in the 18^th Century. - 11. Ports and Their Functions: Some Reflections about Preindustrial Logistics. - 12. Tracking Waters: Small Cities Transport Network of Early Modern Friesland.