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Conclusion: the social environments of port cities in the longue durée

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Summarizing the key findings of this special issue, our conclusion embeds them into the long-term history of cities extending to our present age. Some of the cities treated in our special issue have since turned into megacities marked by environmental hazards and extreme socio-economic inequalities. Their combination invites rethinking the interdependence of natural, built and social environments in urban contexts in the longue durée. Interweaving nine case-studies of cities in different world regions, our special issue demonstrates that a sustained environmental focus and the longue durée approach enriches current scholarship on port cities, and also nurtures discussion on the long-term consequences of the coastalization of the world population, thereby contributing to the fields of global and imperial history as a whole.

Source: Urban History

DOI: 10.1017/s096392682510028x

Authors: Michael Goebel, Xinge Zhai

Institution: Freie Universität Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,550