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Changing Interaction Between the Port and the City. West Versus East

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Port Geography and Hinterland Development Dynamics

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This chapter critically discusses a wide range of literature and theories centred on port-city studies, with the aim to situate the current book within a wider inter-disciplinary debate. Based on the central focus of this study, here it is important to review the scientific scholarship on port-city relationship, both from the spatial and socio-economic perspectives. Reviewing the existing research studies and publications can help us define the concept of ‘port-city’ and find a common theoretical base. Some empirical studies have focused on conceptualizing spatial models, providing general characteristics for the changing port-city relations with regard to the specific spatial and economic features of the studied region. Reviewing the literature is thus important to understand how the port and city functions have been dependent and related to one another. Furthermore, analysing the models of port-city evolution, and highlighting the common features is essential, in order to describe the current dynamics at the port-city interface. The discussion is then expanded through more recent literature focusing on regional port development and the role of ports within the logistics system and global supply chain.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The term ‘urban’ here refers to urban agglomerations of a central city and the surrounding built-up areas that are related by commuting patterns and other daily interactions; thus, the definition is functional rather than administrative.

  2. 2.

    Centrality is referred to the level of attraction and traffic-generating power, which is related to the city’s size and significant intermodal activities. The notion of centrality for port-terminals is also related to the central place theory, a concept in Urban Geography, which introduces centrality as an aspect in determining urban hierarchy. Centrality is equated with the size of its terminal; thus, many major terminals arise out of cities with more centrally located markets. An example is the port of Shanghai, which is supported by a large market, industrial and manufacturing base (Rodrigue et al. 2013: 135).

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    Although intermediacy may imply to the geographical meaning of ‘in betweenness’, however is a spatial quality related to the specific context’s transportation systems and terminals for passenger/freight flows. Intermediate place gain advantage of extra traffic when is served by transport carriers and the ability for transshipment (e.g. hub ports) (ibid.).

  4. 4.

    ‘Inland port is a rail or a barge terminal that is linked to a maritime terminal with regular inland transport services. An inland port has a level of integration with the maritime terminal and supports a more efficient access to the inland market both for inbound and outbound traffic. This implies an array of related logistical activities linked with the terminal, such as distribution centers, depots for containers and chassis, warehouses and logistical service providers’ (Rodrigue et al. 2013: 153).

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Akhavan, M. (2020). Changing Interaction Between the Port and the City. West Versus East. In: Port Geography and Hinterland Development Dynamics. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52578-1_2

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