Urbanization Patterns around the North Sea: Long-Term Population Dynamics, 1300–2015

Around the North Sea, how have port cities and in hinterlands of influenced one another past? What possible links are there between population trends various urban areas time periods? Is it to identify origin urbanization patterns around Sea? To understand current era urbanization, we need analyze historical long term. By mapping figures for eight moments history combining this with data on political boundaries large infrastructures that facilitate flows goods people, article aims contribute an improved understanding contemporary Sea. It also presents first spatial dataset settlements Sea by means a series demographic maps, from 1300 2015. provides detailed explanation method used handling demographical data. Each map is accompanied brief pattern, special attention identifying economic developments clarifications centers gravity shifts. The maps lay foundation further research social (port) regions culture through space time. Port must be analyzed perspective sea, which requires rethinking sets borders, ways these served as porous distribution hubs transit nodes boundary-crossing flows.