The aim of this article is to study how the Swedish cities Linköping and Norrköping treated
new working-class suburbs during the period from 1860 to 1890, by looking at the extension …

The world is full of environmental injustices and inequalities, yet few European historians
have tackled these subjects head on; nor have they explored their relationships with social …

In the mid-to late 19th century, Swedish and Scandinavian cities were relatively small
compared to their counterparts on the Continent and in Great Britain. Despite their size …

This article investigates the environmental history of the River Vantaa, southern Finland, and
its interaction with the spatial development of water-related infrastructures in an urbanising …

Dr. Petri S. Juuti is a historian, and assistant professor at the Department of History,
University of Tampere. His major area of interest is the urban environment, especially city …

This chapter discusses the interconnections between water and multifaceted urban space.
As a vibrant coastal city and major commercial center Stockholm provides an intriguing case …

In this article we compare the establishment of public centralized water and sewer systems
(WSS) in two municipalities in northern Sweden during the first half of the twentieth century …

This article investigates the workings of sanitation technologies in late medieval English and
Scandinavian cities through both written and archeological evidence. It defines the roles of …

This article focuses on the emergence of water pollution problems in the city of Malmö and
on how they were discussed and solved. Various countermeasures were proposed and …

About half of the Netherlands lies below sea level. This makes it a less than attractive place
for human settlement. The Romans had good reason to call their province 'Germania …