Ports in Proximity (Transport and Mobility)

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 12
List of Contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 26
1 Introduction......Page 28
PART I CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PORTS IN PROXIMITY......Page 36
2 Revisiting Inter-Port Relationships under the New Economic Geography Research Framework......Page 38
3 Ports in Proximity, Proximity in Ports: Towards a Typology......Page 56
4 Port Regions and Globalization......Page 68
5 Path Dependency and Contingency in the Development of Multi-port Gateway Regions......Page 82
PART II THE GOVERNANCE OF PORTS IN PROXIMITY......Page 100
6 Proximity and Port Governance......Page 102
7 Regional Integration and Maritime Range......Page 114
8 Does the EU Port Policy Strategy Encompass 'Proximity'?......Page 126
PART III THE NORTH AMERICAN CASE: CORRIDORS AND GATEWAYS......Page 140
9 Gateways are More than Ports: The Canadian Example of Cooperation among Stakeholders......Page 142
10 Port-hinterland Divergence along the North American Eastern Seaboard......Page 158
11 Competitiveness of Green Gateways: A Blueprint for Canada......Page 178
PART IV THE EUROPEAN CASE: COORDINATION IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT......Page 188
12 A Best Practice in Cross-border Port Cooperation: Copenhagen Malmö Port......Page 190
13 Rethinking Proximity: New Opportunities for Port Development. The Case of Dunkirk......Page 202
14 Italian Port Authorities Approaching the Post-reform: The Ligurian Case......Page 218
15 A Geographical Perspective on Port Performance in the United Kingdom, 1999–2007......Page 236
16 External Influences on the Humber Estuary Ports......Page 252
PART V THE ASIAN CASE: MAJOR CHANGES IN PORT SYSTEMS' HIERARCHIES......Page 262
17 Port Competition Paradigms and Japanese Port Clusters......Page 264
18 Port Challenge in Northeast Asia: Korea's Two-hub Port Strategy......Page 274
19 Hong Kong in Transition from a Hub Port City to a Global Supply Chain Management Centre......Page 288
List of References......Page 300
Index......Page 328