GIStorical Antwerp II. The historical city as empirical lab for urban studies using high-resolution social maps. University of Antwerp
Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change, Society and Environment, Centre for Urban History
In a time of rapid urbanization solid long-term perspectives on the many environmental, social, economic or political challenges of urbanity are urgently needed. Uniting urban history, sociology, environmental studies and digital humanities, GIStorical Antwerp II turns the historical city into a digital lab which provides an answer to this need. For 8 snapshots between 1584 and 1984 it offers dynamic social maps including every household in the ...