The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950)
How did the development of the railways affect the urban morphology of the Brussels suburbs? In an attempt to provide a first answer to this broad question, this article examines the role of railway infrastructures of the east railway ring in Brussels (currently line 161). Above all, it proposes to...
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| description | How did the development of the railways affect the urban morphology of the Brussels suburbs? In an attempt to provide a first answer to this broad question, this article examines the role of railway infrastructures of the east railway ring in Brussels (currently line 161). Above all, it proposes to demonstrate that, contrary to a preconceived and still widespread idea, the tremendous development of the rail network in the second half of the 19th century was sometimes a huge obstacle to the urbanisation of certain neighbourhoods, with what could be referred to as “growth barriers” being built in the middle of them. By comparing archives of different types - in particular cartographic (mainly from municipal archives) - and various works on the evolution of urban morphology, through the example of this ring line, this study shows that while stations have often promoted urban development as economic growth areas, the railways crossing the city have had the opposite impact, sometimes acting as obstacles to the growth of certain neighbourhoods. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c2fd6cb0fd3e46d5bc0c19434ea78a002025-08-20T03:20:30ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932019-04-0110.4000/brussels.2653The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950)Alix SacréHow did the development of the railways affect the urban morphology of the Brussels suburbs? In an attempt to provide a first answer to this broad question, this article examines the role of railway infrastructures of the east railway ring in Brussels (currently line 161). Above all, it proposes to demonstrate that, contrary to a preconceived and still widespread idea, the tremendous development of the rail network in the second half of the 19th century was sometimes a huge obstacle to the urbanisation of certain neighbourhoods, with what could be referred to as “growth barriers” being built in the middle of them. By comparing archives of different types - in particular cartographic (mainly from municipal archives) - and various works on the evolution of urban morphology, through the example of this ring line, this study shows that while stations have often promoted urban development as economic growth areas, the railways crossing the city have had the opposite impact, sometimes acting as obstacles to the growth of certain neighbourhoods.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/2653historyland use planningurban infrastructurespublic transporttown planning |
| spellingShingle | Alix Sacré The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950) Brussels Studies history land use planning urban infrastructures public transport town planning |
| title | The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950) |
| title_full | The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950) |
| title_fullStr | The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950) |
| title_short | The east railway ring in Brussels: a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries? (1855-1950) |
| title_sort | east railway ring in brussels a growth barrier in the 19th and 20th centuries 1855 1950 |
| topic | history land use planning urban infrastructures public transport town planning |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/2653 |
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