Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these disasters varied widely not only between societies but also within the same societies according to so...

Antwerpen ontwikkelde zich in de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw tot draaischijf van de Europese handel. Dat ging gepaard met grote stedenbouwkundige ambities die echter maar gedeeltelijk konden worden waargemaakt. Rond 1700 kromp de stad zelfs binnen haar omwalling. In de negentiende en twintigste eeuw leefde de haven op en zorgde industrialisatie voor nieuwe groei. Er kwamen nieuwe havendokken, de binnenstad werd gemoderniseerd en de voorsteden werden geïntegreerd in het stedelijke weefsel. O...

Antwerp is famous for becoming the northern hub of European trade around the turn of the sixteenth century. This international status went hand in hand with ambitious urban explansion plans, only some of which could be realized, and by around 1700 the city had contracted again inside its walls. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the port revived and industrialization brought renewed growth. New docks were built, the city centre was modernized, and the suburbs were integrated into the ...