The Tabarkinian Towns In the Mediterranean Area

The Urban Variation conference, held in Gothenburg in 2013 was a productive and interesting event. Much of the debate on the urban starts with the idea that the concept corresponds to a phenomenon which is easy and simple to define; actually, it is often taken for granted that we “know” what it means. However, only a brief look at the varied debates on large and densely inhabited settlement sites demonstrates that this is not the case. In general, the attempts at definition are based on particular historical and geographical cases, and difficult to apply outside these cases. Further, a renewed look at the period chosen and the geographical space in question often in itself question the established definition. Contributions from: Andrea Arrighetti, Adrien Camus, Alain Champagne, Phillipe Cardinali, Per Cornell, Finn-Einar Eliassen, Helena Ingegerd Eriksson, Lars Ersgård, Ann-Charlotte Feldt, Per Hallén, Martina Hjertman, Paul Johnson, Stefan Larsson, Jette Linaa, Kristina Linscott, Dag Lindström, Valerio Massaro, Vivien Mathé, Lúcio Menezes Ferreira, Johan Normark, Andrine Nilsen, Anna Nilsson, Claes Pettersson, Hrefna Róbertsdóttir, Christina Rosén, Matteo Scamporrino, Liisa Seppänen, Ingmar Söhrman, Göran Tagesson, Giorgio Verdiani, Claes Westling.