European Port Cities in Transition

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction, Chapter Summary, and Conclusions from the Book

   • Angela Carpenter, Rodrigo Lozano

   Pages 1-17

3. Port-City Redevelopment and Sustainable Development

   • Paul Fenton

   Pages 19-36

4. Proposing a Framework for Anchoring Sustainability Relationships Between Ports and Cities

   • Angela Carpenter, Rodrigo Lozano

   Pages 37-51

5. Port-City Redevelopment and the Circular Economy Agenda in Europe

   • Reza Karimpour, Fabio Ballini, Aykut I. Ölcer

   Pages 53-71

6. Technological Change and Logistics Development in European Ports

   • Michele Acciaro, Katharina Renken, Naouar El Khadiri

   Pages 73-88

7. From Planning the Port/City to Planning the Port-City: Exploring the Economic Interface in European Port Cities

   • Karel B. J. Van den Berghe, Tom A. Daamen

   Pages 89-108

8. Spatial Restructuring of Port Cities: Periods from Inclusion to Fragmentation and Re-integration of City and Port in Hamburg

   • Dirk Schubert

   Pages 109-126

9. Governance and Planning Issues in European Waterfront Redevelopment 1999–2019

   • José M. Pagés Sánchez, Tom A. Daamen

   Pages 127-148

10. Proposing a Holistic Framework to Assess Sustainability Performance in Seaports

    • Lea Fobbe, Rodrigo Lozano, Angela Carpenter

    Pages 149-168

11. Analysing Port Community System Network Evolution

    • Bening Mayanti, Jussi Kantola, Matteo Natali, Juha Kytola

    Pages 169-186

12. Touristification of European Port-Cities: Impacts on Local Populations and Cultural Heritage

    • María J. Andrade, João Pedro Costa

    Pages 187-204

13. Analysing Organisational Change Management in Seaports: Stakeholder Perception, Communication, Drivers for, and Barriers to Sustainability at the Port of Gävle

    • Rodrigo Lozano, Angela Carpenter, Kaisu Sammalisto

    Pages 205-224

14. Integrating Governance and Sustainability: A Proposal Towards More Sustainable Ports

    • María Ángeles Fernández-Izquierdo, Idoya Ferrero-Ferrero, María Jesús Muñoz-Torres

    Pages 225-239

15. The Changing Interplay Between European Cities and Intermodal Transport Networks (1970s–2010s)

    • Justin Berli, César Ducruet, Romain Martin, Sevil Seten

    Pages 241-263

16. The Separation of Ports from Cities: The Case of Rotterdam

    • Carola Hein, Paul Th. van de Laar

    Pages 265-286

17. Integrated Port Cities: The Case of Hamburg

    • Michele Acciaro, Katharina Renken, Christopher Dirzka

    Pages 287-301

18. Societal Integration of Ports and Cities: Case Study on Spanish Ports

    • Nuria Nebot Gómez de Salazar, Carlos Rosa-Jiménez

    Pages 303-325

19. Socio-economic Costs and Benefits of Seaport Infrastructure Development for a Local Environment. The Case of the Port and the City of Świnoujście

    • Izabela Kotowska, Marta Mańkowska, Michał Pluciński

    Pages 327-345

Seaports, as part of urban centers, play a major role in the cultural, social and economic life of the cities in which they are located, and through the links they provide to the outside world. Port-cities in Europe have faced significant change, first with the loss of heavy industry, emergence of Eastern European democracies, and the widening of the European Community (now European Union) during the second half of the twentieth century, and more recently through drivers to change including the global Sustainable Development Agenda and the European Union Circular Economy Agenda.


This book examines the role of modern seaports in Europe and consider how port-cities are responding to these major drivers for change. It discusses the broad issues facing European Sea Ports, including port life cycles, spatial planning, and societal integration. May 2019 saw the 200th anniversary of the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic between the US and England, and it is just over 60 years since the invention of the modern intermodal shipping container – both drivers of change in the maritime and ports industry. Increasing movements of people, e.g. through low cost cruises to port cities, can play a major role in changing the nature of such a city and impact on the lives of the people living there. This book brings together original research by both long-standing and younger scholars from multiple disciplines and builds upon the wider discourse about sea ports, port cities, and sustainability.

• Sustainable Development
• Port Life-Cycle
• Circular Economy
• Transportation Geography
• Urban Development
• urban geography and urbanism

“While there is no reason to be naïve about the lobbying power of shipping lines or port authorities, the prospect is good for advancing with some new policy schemes that would support sustainability in port and port-city affairs. On this aspect the book provides ample ideas and inspirations for ports, port cities and governing bodies on how to get further along the difficult path to sustainable development.” (Markus Hesse, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 96, 2021)

• Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

  Angela Carpenter

• University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

  Rodrigo Lozano

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