Port Geography and Hinterland Development Dynamics
Insights from Major Port-cities of the Middle East
Authors: Akhavan, Mina
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This book illustrates and discusses the main characteristics of port-city development dynamics with a focus on the fast-growing city-states of the Middle East, which are emerging as key players in logistics and the global supply chain. Maritime ports and the cities hosting them have long fascinated scholars – geographers, economists, architects, urban planners, sociologists etc. – as they become centres of exchange where different social and urban environments meet, at the intersection between land and sea. Given that the current body of literature on the topic is biased – mainly concerning the Western world and East Asian region – with mono-disciplinary tendencies, this book outlines a theoretical basis from a wide range of literature, linking port-city studies, globalization theories and logistics, and adopts a multidisciplinary perspective. The main target audience of the book includes scholars and graduate students in urban studies, spatial planning, urban and regional economics, logistics, geography and transport geography with an interest in studying port geography and the port-city interface, port infrastructure development and port hinterland dynamics; it will also benefit policymakers and urban planners whose work involves these topics.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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State-of-the-Art Studies
Pages 1-10
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Changing Interaction Between the Port and the City. West Versus East
Pages 11-28
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Revisiting Port-Cities in the Global Context
Pages 29-49
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Making of a Global Port-City in the Middle East: The Dubai Model
Pages 51-69
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Economic Diversification, Freight Flows and Transnational Expansion in Dubai Hub Port-City
Pages 71-114
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Port Geography and Hinterland Development Dynamics
- Book Subtitle
- Insights from Major Port-cities of the Middle East
- Authors
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- Mina Akhavan
- Series Title
- PoliMI SpringerBriefs
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-52578-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-52578-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-52577-4
- Series ISSN
- 2282-2577
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 125
- Number of Illustrations
- 12 b/w illustrations
- Topics
