The European Historic Towns Atlas project: success and challenges (with particular reference to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas)
Anngret Simms|Sarah Gearty
ABSTRACT: The European Historic Towns Atlas project, probably the largest one in urban history, is conceptually rooted national histories. Methodologically it focused on production and interpretation of large-scale maps primarily for understanding morphogenesis role morphological agents but also issues connected with economic cultural aspects life. atlas project now involves 19 countries over 520 towns produced across Europe, pioneer comparative studies have been published. Comparative work based theoretical underpinning aim though holds great potential, faces challenges: access to published towns, language barriers consistency between productions. It argued that digital atlases may provide a chance more unified approach future.
Urban History