Research Line B focuses on economic development of settlements and their immediate environs in order to place economic activities in relation to civic and community institutions and in order to interpret economic development in association with wider patterns of settlement structure and urbanism. These projects investigate a multiplicity of economic sectors and actors within the cycles of production, distribution, and consumption, while broaching a wide range of production organizations and industries. Employing comparative analytical methods and theoretical approaches, the projects of Research Line B are ideally suited for diachronic, intercultural, and interdisciplinary comparisons.
Former Projects