Main publications
by Simo Laakkonen and his environmental history research group at the University of Helsinki
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Special issue: Science and Governance of the Baltic Sea
Ambio. A Journal of the Human Environment, Number 2-3/2007, pp. 117-286.
Eds. Aarnio, T., Johansson, S., Jormalainen, V., Kuparinen, J.,
Laakkonen, S., Wulff, F. & Kessler, E.
Link to the articles
Special issue: Man and the Baltic Sea, Part II
Ambio. A Journal of the Human Environment, 4-5/2001, pp. 263-326.
Eds: Simo Laakkonen & Sari Laurila.
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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.
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Sodan ekologia
Sodankäynnin ympäristöhistoriaa
(Ecology of war. Environmental history of modern warfare. Eds. Simo Laakkonen & Timo Vuorisalo, Finnish Literature Society 2007, 775 p.
In Finnish)
Presentation of the book in Finnish
Itämeren ympäristöhistoriaa
(Towards environmental history of the Baltic Sea)
Historiallinen Aikakauskirja 1/2007, pp. 4-56.
Ed. Simo Laakkonen
An edited special issue in the Finnish Journal of History, in Finnish.
Contents of the journal in Finnish
Vesiensuojelun synty, Helsingin ja sen merialueen ympäristöhistoriaa 1878-1928.
(The origins of water protection. Environmental history of Helsinki and its sea area in 1878-1928)
Gaudeamus/Hanki ja Jää 2001, 309 p. In Finnish, abstract in English.
Presentation in Finnish
Näkökulmia Helsingin ympäristöhistoriaan
Kaupungin ja ympäristön muutos 1800- ja 1900-luvulla
(Approaches to the environmental history of Helsinki. The city and its environment in the 19th and 20th century)
Eds. Simo Laakkonen, Sari Laurila, Pekka Kansanen, Harry Schulman.
Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskus, Edita 2001, 274 p. In Finnish.
Contents and articles of the book in Finnish
Harmaat aallot
Ympäristönsuojelun tulo Suomeen
(The grey waves. The introduction of environmental protection in Finland)
Toim./Eds. Simo Laakkonen, Sari Laurila, Marjatta Rahikainen, Suomen Historiallinen Seura, Vammala 1999, 236 p. In Finnish, abstract in English.
Articles of the book in Finnish
Nokea ja pilvenhattaroita
Helsinkiläisten ympäristö 1900-luvun vaihteessa
(Soot and clouds. Environmental history of the people of Helsinki at the turn of the 19th and 20th century)
Eds. Simo Laakkonen, Sari Laurila, Marjatta Rahikainen.
Helsingin kaupunginmuseo, Narinkka 1999, 251 p. In Finnish, abstracts
in Swedish.
Articles of the book in Finnish