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Marks on the city: the impacts of coastline emergence and bombing on Tallinn’s anachronistic pockets

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With its complex history, Tallinn is a puzzling patchwork of contrasts – old and new, historic and revisionist. Tallinn’s abrupt contrasts in urban form originate largely from two types of historic disturbance: shoreline emergence and bombing. Through an analysis of archival maps and planning documents, this paper examines how natural shifts in the city’s shoreline combined with bombing during World War II to create anachronistic pockets within Tallinn and divergent densities and access to green space within Tallinn’s districts. Little is written in English about the history of Tallinn’s urban development. This paper analyzes Tallinn’s history of disturbance and poses challenges and opportunities to consider in the city’s future development.

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  • Vaike Haas, 2019. "Marks on the city: the impacts of coastline emergence and bombing on Tallinn’s anachronistic pockets," Journal of Baltic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(2), pages 205-232, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rbalxx:v:50:y:2019:i:2:p:205-232
    DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2018.1552881
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