Overview
- Considers the economic, social and environmental aspects of seaports
- Includes case studies relating to ports in different European countries
- Provides insights into current thinking about ports and the role they play within their urban environments
Part of the book series: Strategies for Sustainability (STSU)
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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.
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.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
Reviews
“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)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: European Port Cities in Transition
Book Subtitle: Moving Towards More Sustainable Sea Transport Hubs
Editors: Angela Carpenter, Rodrigo Lozano
Series Title: Strategies for Sustainability
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36464-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36463-2Published: 23 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36466-3Published: 23 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36464-9Published: 22 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2212-5450
Series E-ISSN: 2452-1582
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 345
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Geography, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Sustainable Development, Transportation, Globalization, Urban Studies/Sociology