Desde sus orígenes el principal objetivo del Mercosur y de la Unión Europea ha sido el…
Lighthouse
LIGHTHOUSE
This section emphasizes on the one hand the more physical aspects of projects or plans, already completed or under construction on each and every continent, in the field of the relationship between Port and City and the urban regeneration of Waterfront. The other hand it provides perspectives on the complex reality of the port cities within specific disciplines and in a trasversal way, addressing the multiple aspects that the presence of ports entails in different regional contexts, with particular regard to the cultural, material and immaterial expressions, in the broadest sense and with the intend to underline the relevance, modernity and significance of these themes in contemporary society.
Chronia in Napoli and Capri
Chronia’s travels around the earth between time and space. She jumps from north to south, from…
Advances in Shipping Data Analysis. Contributions to maritime studies
The last two years 2016 and 2017 have been particularly productive in terms of large-scale, edited…
Oslo’s Harbour Promenade between the city and the fjord
As in many other European port cities, the transformation of the waterfront in Oslo – one…
Lights on the city
At the beginning it was Chandlers Street. If “street names are like the title of chapters…
Spaces of Flows – Spaces of Friction: Planning the intersections
The recent flooding in Houston, Texas, caused by Hurricane Harvey, underscores the need for citizens, politicians,…
Puntarenas: Cruise trips and local impact of the tropical storm Nate
Costa Rica is located in a region of the world where storms and hurricanes are frequent…
Chronia in the Canary Islands
Chronia’s travels around the earth between time and space. She jumps from north to south, from…
Parc Rives de Seine: Paris recovers the banks of the Seine
Walking, resting, playing, in a word, “strolling” along the riverfront of Paris is today a 7km…
Cities inside the City on River Amstel
Paramaribo, Curaçao, Jakarta. Or, if we spoke the language of taste, we could use words like…
Submarinos de cómic
La primera obra de ficción “protagonizada” por un submarino es Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino,…
GeoSeastems: an innovative tool to map global shipping flows. Application to the Mediterranean region
In the last ten years or so, online visualizations of maritime data become more and more…
Bordeaux – territorial, transversal, transscalar
This column aims at discovering harbours from a landscape perspective, which means extending our view beyond…
Oil in Oil (and Other Art Media): Painting the Petroleum Port
The oil industry depends on water both for the refining process and for transportation, so many…
Costa Rica: INCOP and the cruise industry
Services of cruise ships has been part of the history of the Costa Rican Institute of…