At the end of the nineteenth century, a miracle took place in Rotterdam. Until then, this…
Portus Portrait
PORTUS PORTRAIT
The richness of this section of the Magazine consists in the representation of the different realities and peculiarities of port cities, as well as of the specific problems, complexity and forms of relationship, planning and governance solutions, also with a look at maritime history and identity. It is a thematic approach that aims to offer an image – therefore a “portrait” – of the city and its specificities linked to the presence of a port or a sea or river waterfront.
Envisioning the Port of Rotterdam in a 100% Circular Economy
The port of Rotterdam – whose freight throughput of about 470 million tonnes places it among…
Driving Force for Cross-Border Collaboration: Positioning Port-City Regions in the Eurodelta
The Eurodelta is a densely urbanised megaregion with approximately 45 million inhabitants. It is an area…
Magpie: Port of Rotterdam Led Collaboration Working Towards a Zero-Emission Port
As of October 1st, 2021, the Port of Rotterdam takes the lead in a new European…
Archipelago of Knowledge. A Diffuse Campus
The Archipelago of Knowledge is a new spatial strategy for the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands,…
Images of Port-City Rotterdam, Through the Mental Mapping Methods
Imagine: You are asked to draw a port-city from memory. What would you put on paper?…
Representations of a World in Flux: The Port of Rotterdam in Fin-de-Siècle Postcards
Why do old postcards matter for the understanding of port cities such as Rotterdam? Old postcards,…
Port(s) of Rotterdam
I present here a small selection from my on-going photographic project about the Port(s) of Rotterdam…
Why I Paint the Harbor
Our family often took vacations on our tiny sailboat. The wooden 7.10m Waarschip was called Waratje.…
Montevideo. Ciudad y Puerto en cifras
La Capital de Uruguay Población: 1.320.000 habitantes Superficie: 248 km2 Índice de desarrollo humano: 0,84 Ubicación:…
Desafíos ambientales para la Bahía de Montevideo
La Bahía de Montevideo, debido a su condición natural, conforma un territorio estratégico para el desarrollo…
El Plan Director de Saneamiento y Drenaje Urbano: Montevideo actualizó la visión ambiental al 2050
Montevideo creció como ciudad puerto en torno a la Bahía de Montevideo y sobre la costa…
Reflexiones sobre la ciudad puerto
Hacia el año 2015, la población mundial se estimó en unos 7000 millones de habitantes, de…
La estrecha relación de la Ciudad de Montevideo con los prácticos del puerto
Como alguien dijo: “el Nilo es el padre del Egipto, se puede hacer la analogía, de…
Montevideo, hub regional del Cono Sur sudamericano
Teniendo presente la excelente introducción realizada en este número por el Dr. Ing. Fernando Puntigliano, solo…