Baltic articles | Environmental History

The following list presents publications and studies provided by the research group directed by Simo Laakkonen

Special issue: Science and Governance of the Baltic Sea, Ambio, 2-3/2007.

Science and Management: Governance of a Common Sea.

Eds. Aarnio, T., Johansson, S., Jormalainen, V., Kuparinen, J., Laakkonen, S., Wulff, F. & Kessler, E.

Simo Laakkonen and Sari Laurila, Changing Environments or Shifting Paradigms? Strategic Decision Making toward Water Protection in Helsinki, 1850–2000.

Piotr Kowalik and Simo Laakkonen, Legal Requirements and Wastewater Discharges to Polish Water Bodies, 1945–2003.

Tuomas Räsänen and Simo Laakkonen, Cold War and the Environment: The Role of Finland in International Environmental Politics in the Baltic Sea Region.

Special issue: Man and the Baltic Sea, Part II, Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001. Eds. Simo Laakkonen & Sari Laurila

Cetkauskaite Anolda, Zharkov Dimitrij and Stoskus Liutauras: Water quality control, monitoring and wastewater treatment in Lithuania from 1950 to 1999 Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 297-305.

Finni, Terttu, Laurila, Sari and Laakkonen Simo: The history of eutrophication in Helsinki sea area in the 20th century, Long-term analysis of plankton assemblages Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 264-271.

Johansson, Lotta and Wallström Kerstin: Urban impact in history on water quality in Stockholm archipelago. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001:277-281.

Juhna, Talis and Klavins Marins: Water quality changes in Latvia and Riga: possibilities and problems in 1980-2000. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 306-314.

Kowalik, Piotr and Ziemonit Suligowski: Comparison of water supply and sewerage in Gdansk (Poland) in three different periods Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 320-323.

Lindegaard, Hanne: The debate on the sewerage system in Copenhagen from the 1840s to the 1930s. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 323-326.

Olsson, Göran: The struggle for a cleaner urban environment -water pollution in Malmö 1850-1911. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 287-291.

Primakov Igor and Nikolaenko, Polina: Development of plankton communities in the Neva Bay in the 20th century. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 292-296.

All the following Baltic articles may be found at the Sea and the Cities project’s website.

Special issue: The history of urban water management in the Baltic Sea Region

European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999, pp. 30-76.

Eds. Simo Laakkonen & Sari Laurila.

Anolda Cetkauskaite & Ausra Jakstaite: Waste water treatment in Lithuania from 1950 to 1990. European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 40-50.

Hille Hanni: Water supply and sewerage in Tallinn since medieval Times European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 62-68.

K. I. Krasnoborodko, A. M. Alexeev, L. I. Tsvetkova, and L. I. Zhukova: The development of water supply and sewerage systems in St Petersburg. European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 51-61.

Simo Laakkonen & Pekka Lehtonen: A quantitative analysis of discharges into the Helsinki urban sea area in 1850-1990. European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 30-39.

Marek Swinarski: The development of waste water treatment systems in Gdansk in 1871-1998: European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 69-76.

Please take also look at following articles that are part of the special issue despite that they are published in different issues of EWM.

Hendrik Seeger: The history of German waste water treatment: EWM, 5/1999: 51-56 and

Kestutis Kilkus & Jurgita Rimkuviene: Changes in groundwater supply and consumption in Vilnius in the twentieth century. European Water Management, Volume 3, Number 1, February 2000: 35-40..

Articles by cities in the Baltic Rim at the Sea and the Cities Articles pages

Copenhagen:

Lindegaard, Hanne: The debate on the sewerage system in Copenhagen from the 1840s to the 1930s. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 323-326.

Rasmus Rosengaard & Nils Raahauge: The development of the sewerage system in Copenhagen (web text)

Taru Halla: Water management in Riga and in Copenhagen (web text)

Gdansk:

Kowalik, Piotr and Suligowski, Ziemonit: Comparison of water supply and sewerage in Gdansk (Poland) in three different periods Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 320-323.

Marek Swinarski: The development of waste water treatment systems in Gdansk in 1871-1998: European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 69-76.

Piotr Kowalik: The significance of engineering and technology in the history (web text).

Hamburg (and others):

Hendrik Seeger: The history of German waste water treatment. European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 5, October 1999, 51-56.

Helsinki:

Simo Laakkonen and Sari Laurila: Changing Environments or Shifting Paradigms? Strategic Decision Making toward Water Protection in Helsinki, 1850–2000. Ambio, 2-3/2007: 212-219.

Finni, Terttu, Laurila, Sari and Laakkonen Simo: The history of eutrophication in Helsinki sea area in the 20th century, Long-term analysis of plankton assemblages, Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 264-271.

Simo Laakkonen: Finland and ICES. K.M. Levander and the origins of hydrobiological studies, in Anderson, Emory, D. (Ed.), 100 Years of Science under ICES. International Council for the Exploration of the Seas, 2002, pp. 32-38.

Simo Laakkonen & Sari Laurila: Introduction to the special issue “The history of urban water management in the Baltic Sea Region. European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 29.

Simo Laakkonen & Pekka Lehtonen: A quantitative analysis of discharges into the Helsinki urban sea area in 1850-1990. European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 30-39.

Laurila, S. K. & Laakkonen, S. J. 2004: The municipal continuum: Research on maritime water pollution in Helsinki in the 20th century. Boreal Env. Res.9:529–541.

Mikael Sillfors: Water management in Helsinki. (web text)

Mikko Nissinen: The history of wastewater treatment in the 20th century in Helsinki. (web text)

Kiel:

Holger Miede: Technikgeschichte der Abwasserreinigung im Raum Kiel List of contents. (Master thesis)

Carolin Dembowski & Sven Grabowski: Environmental politics in Kiel at the turn of the century: the introduction of a centralised sewerage system. (web text)

Lübeck:

Petra Jakob: Sewage removal and its impact on the River Trave. (Master thesis)

Malmö

Olsson, Göran: The struggle for a cleaner urban environment -water pollution in Malmö 1850-1911. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 287-291.

Oslo:

Arnesen, Vegard: The pollution and protection of the inner Oslofjord – Redefining the goals of wastewater treatment policy in the twentieth century. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001:.282-286.

Riga:

Juhna, Talis and Klavins Marins: Water quality changes in Latvia and Riga: possibilities and problems in 1980-2000. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 306-314.

Edvins Rozins: The ecological characteristics of the water bodies near Riga (web text)

Taru Halla: Water management in Riga and in Copenhagen (web text)

St Petersburg:

Primakov Igor and Nikolaenko, Polina: Development of plankton communities in the Neva Bay in the 20th century. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 292-296.

Maria Mandrik: The development of the water supply and sewerage systems in St Petersburg in the 19th century. (web text)

Mikael Sillfors: Water management in St. Petersburg (web text)

Stockholm:

Johansson, Lotta and Wallström Kerstin: Urban impact in history on water quality in Stockholm archipelago. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001:277-281.

Tuuli Myllymaa: Stockholm water supply and sewerage (web text)

Tallinn:

Hille Hanni: Water supply and sewerage in Tallinn since medieval Times European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 62-68.

Tuuli Myllymaa: Tallinna Water treatment and sewerage (web text)

Vaasa:

Katajamäki, Hannu and Suomalainen, Riikka: The stages of municipal water protection in Vaasa during the 20th century. Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 272-276.

Vilnius:

Cetkauskaite Anolda, Zharkov Dimitrij and Stoskus Liutauras: Water quality control, monitoring and wastewater treatment in Lithuania from 1950 to 1999 Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 297-305.

Anolda Cetkauskaite & Ausra Jakstaite: Waste water treatment in Lithuania from 1950 to 1990. European Water Management, Volume 2, Number 4, August 1999: 40-50.

Kestutis Kilkus & Jurgita Rimkuviene: Changes in groundwater supply and consumption in Vilnius in the twentieth century. European Water Management, Volume 3, Number 1, February 2000: 35-40.

Union of Baltic Cities

Joas, Marko and Grönroos, Björn: Local Level Sustainability Policies in the Baltic Sea Area – Local Agenda 21 within the Union of the Baltic Cities Network Ambio, Vol 30, Number 4-5, August 2001: 315-319.