Urban space is so replete with descriptions that Pandora's jar could not contain them. Like in
the Greek myth of Pandora, the plethora of urban spatial descriptions is almost a curse on …

The twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of capital cities
worldwide–in 1900 there were only about forty, but by 2000 there were more than two …

This book examines the link between political identity and legitimacy in the European Union.
Stimulated by the crisis of legitimacy and identity suffered by the EU after the referenda on …

This essay is about the “Blue Banana”. Banana is the name given subsequently by others to
a Dorsale européenne (European backbone) identified empirically by Roger Brunet. In a …

Capital cities have been the seat of political power and central stage for their state's political
conflicts and rituals throughout the ages. In the modern era, they provide symbols for and …

The close connection of port, work, and everyday life gradually dissolved with
industrialization, varying from countries and seaports. Seaports are paradigms of …

EU policies seek to bring the EU territory closer to resembling a 'level playing field'. The
paper first discusses efforts to inject a territorial dimension into EU policies, including the …

Does the 'city region'constitute a new departure in urbanisation? If so, what are the key
elements of that departure? The realities of the urban in the 21st century are increasingly …

From the award-winning author of Wrestling with Moses comes a fascinating, accessible
biography of the most important architect of the twentieth century. Modern Man is a riveting …

This inter-disciplinary thesis takes an ethnographic approach to the European Parliament
(EP) in order to bring actors, agency, and social context into the study of MEP behaviour. It …