Baltic University Atlas

Foreword

Foreword
Introduction
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Acknowledgements

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This atlas has a long history. It began several years ago with the idea to complement the then planned course on A Sustainable Baltic Region with a series of maps on various aspects of sustainability and on the countries in the region. However, it soon became evident that this task was too big in relation to the available resources. But rather than giving up the whole idea we have continued the work with lower ambitions as we have found that there is a need for an atlas that make comparisons across this region.

The Baltic Sea itself has nine states on its shores. Another five countries belong more or less also to the drainage basin. So just to find data that could make comparisons between these 14 countries possible has been a daunting task. I would be to exaggerate to say that we have succeeded in all cases but we have tried.

In a first attempt to use and publish the material we have collected this atlas has been compiled. It is my hope that you will find our efforts useful and I also hope that we will be able to continue to develop this atlas.

Christian Andersson
Editor