Ports in Proximity: Competition and Coordination among Adjacent Seaports

Contents: Preface Introduction, Theo E. Notteboom, CA(c)sar Ducruet and Peter W. de Langen Part I Conceptualization of Ports in Proximity: Revisiting inter-port relationships under the new economic geography research framework, CA(c)sar Ducruet, Theo E. Notteboom and Peter W. de Langen Ports in proximity, proximity in ports: towards a typology, Peter V. Hall and Wouter Jacobs Port regions and globalization, CA(c)sar Ducruet Path dependency and contingency in the development of multi-port gateway regions and multi-port hub regions, Theo E. Notteboom. Part II The Governance of Ports in Proximity: Proximity and port governance, Brian Slack, Elisabeth Gouvernal and Jean Debrie Regional integration and maritime range, Arnaud Lemarchand and Olivier Joly Does the EU port policy strategy encompass 'proximity'?, Athanasios A. Pallis and Patrick Verhoeven. Part III The North-American Case: Corridors and Gateways: Gateways are more than ports: the Canadian example of cooperation among stakeholders, Robert J. McCalla Port-hinterland divergence along the North-American eastern seaboard, Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Changqian Guan Competitiveness of green gateways: a blueprint for Canada, Claude Comtois and Brian Slack. Part IV The European Case: Coordination in a Competitive Market: A best practice in cross-border port cooperation: Copenhagen MalmA port, Peter W. de Langen and Michiel H. Nijdam rethinking proximity: new opportunities for port development. The case of Dunkirk, Antoine FrA(c)mont and ValA(c)rie Lavaud-Letilleul Italian port authorities approaching the post-reform: the Liguran case, Claudia Caballini, Laura Carpaneto and Francesco Parola A geographical perspective on port performance in the United Kingdom, 1999a 2007, Anthony Beresford and Stephen Pettit External influences on the Humber estuary ports, the largest concentration of activity in the UK, John Mangan, Amy Proctor and David Gibbs. Part V The Asian Case: Major Changes in Port Systems' Hierarchies: Port competition paradigms and Japanese port clusters, Masato Shinohara Port challenge in Northeast Asia: Korea's 2-hub port strategy, Sung-Woo Lee and Geun-Sub Kim Hong Kong in transition from a hub port city to a global supply chain management centre, James J. Wang List of references Index.