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基本説明
Unravelling the factors contributing to the dynamic development of adjacent ports, this book not only provides an overview of the state-of-the-art of research in this field, but also sets an agenda for further study.
Full Description
Ports in Proximity provides an overview of key contemporary research in the field through a broad range of international case studies. The concepts of strategic management, supply chain management, port and transport economics and economic and transport geography are applied throughout the book to offer an in-depth understanding of the processes underlying spatial and functional dynamics in port systems. The opportunities for cooperation between competing adjacent ports is examined while the avenues for further joint research are identified, setting an agenda for further study.
Contents
1: Introduction; I: Conceptualization of Ports in Proximity; 2: Revisiting Inter-Port Relationships under the New Economic Geography Research Framework; 3: Ports in Proximity, Proximity in Ports: Towards a Typology; 4: Port Regions and Globalization; 5: Path Dependency and Contingency in the Development of Multi-port Gateway Regions and Multi-port Hub Regions; II: The Governance of Ports in Proximity; 6: Proximity and Port Governance; 7: Regional Integration and Maritime Range; 8: Does the EU Port Policy Strategy Encompass 'Proximity'?; III: The North American Case: Corridors and Gateways; 9: Gateways are More than Ports: The Canadian Example of Cooperation among Stakeholders; 10: Port-hinterland Divergence along the North American Eastern Seaboard; 11: Competitiveness of Green Gateways: A Blueprint for Canada; IV: The European Case: Coordination in a Competitive Environment; 12: A Best Practice in Cross-border Port Cooperation: Copenhagen Malmö Port; 13: Rethinking Proximity: New Opportunities for Port Development. The Case of Dunkirk; 14: Italian Port Authorities Approaching the Post-reform: The Ligurian Case; 15: A Geographical Perspective on Port Performance in the United Kingdom, 1999-2007; 16: External Influences on the Humber Estuary Ports, the Largest Concentration of Port Activity in the UK; V: The Asian Case: Major Changes in Port Systems' Hierarchies; 17: Port Competition Paradigms and Japanese Port Clusters; 18: Port Challenge in Northeast Asia: Korea's Two-hub Port Strategy; 19: Hong Kong in Transition from a Hub Port City to a Global Supply Chain Management Centre
