Liquid Port Cities of the Twenty-First Century A Pan-Mediterranean Perspective on Cultural Confluences and Contemporary Challenges

Introduction: the Mediterranean in ‘liquid’ times  PART 1 Cultural narratives of Mediterranean port cities  1 Marseilles as a port city in Jean Claude Izzo’s crime novels  2 Re-establishing centrality to communities’ narratives: the case of Reliving Bighi Through Communities’ Stories  3 The impact of French maritime activities on the historic port landscape of Bejaïa (Ex Bougie)  4 Harbouring identities in a port town: migration and culture in Marsa, Malta  PART 2 Morphological approaches to the study of Mediterranean port cities  5 A fortified historic port: exploring the intersection between urban geomorphology, street morphology and touristic land use of Valletta, Senglea and Vittoriosa in the Grand Harbour of Malta  6 Greenterfaz: the ecological reconnection of Málaga’s port and city  7 Beyond separation, a synergy: the development of the Barcelona port  PART 3 Global pressures and local dynamics in the contemporary Mediterranean  8 Liquid infrastructures, solid spatialities: how large-scale
infrastructural projects are reshaping the port of Trieste  9 Becoming smart: projects and projections of digital transformations in Marseilles’ port spaces  10 Antalya as a preferred destination for residential settlement
and visiting  11 Conclusions: embracing fluidity through an engaged research agenda for Mediterranean port cities

Biography

Wendy Jo Mifsud is Senior Lecturer in Spatial Planning with a varied academic and professional background. She completed her undergraduate degree in architecture and civil engineering and went on to gain postgraduate qualifications in sustainable heritage and geographic information science. She has since worked within the Maltese Planning Authority, and following several years of casual lecturing, joined the University of Malta as a full-time lecturer. This has led to her participation in various research projects as well as in the local environmental NGO “Dawra Madwarna”. Wendy is the current President of the Catholic Cultural Heritage Commission and is a member of the Malta Chamber of Planners and the Malta Chamber of Architects.

Enrico Tommarchi is Lecturer in Urban Planning at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, UK. He is a spatial planner by training (IUAV University of Venice, Italy) and holds a PhD in sociology and social anthropology (University of Hull, UK). He is an academic with expertise in port and coastal towns and cities, port–city relationships, waterfront redevelopment, cultural and sporting mega events, and culture-led urban regeneration. He has conducted research in the UK, Italy, Spain, and The Netherlands. He has worked at the Culture, Place and Policy Institute of the University of Hull and at London South Bank University. He is a member of the Port City Futures Research Network.