By Loukia Batsi In the case of Brussels, where the Senne River has been vaulted since 1871, few are the citizens who are aware of the presence of the river…
Paul van de Laar In early February, the port city of Rotterdam was breaking news around the globe. Local media announced that the national monument De Hef (the…
Riwa Abdel Khalek After the blast in Beirut in August 2020, Lebanon’s second port city - Tripoli - quickly took over the capital’s port functions. Tripoli’s…
Stephan Hauser The explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020 showed that ports are clusters of risks, and that accidents in port areas can have disastrous effects…
Vincent Baptist This blog post continues the ‘Mapping Maritime Mindsets’ discussions by taking inspiration from new research initiatives and recent work in the…
Didem Yerli Cosmopolitanism derives from the ancient Greek words for citizen of the world. The concept gained its modern sense during the socio-economical…
Author(s): Carola Hein Publication date: June 21, 2016 Title: Writing Port Cities Abstract Ports and their cities are physical constructions, but we also build…
