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.
Author(s): Mina Akhavian
Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 140
City: Cham
Foreword by Carola Hein
Foreword by Harvey Molotch
Preface
Contents
1 State-of-the-Art Studies
1.1 Port-Cities as Laboratories in Urban and Transport Studies
1.2 A Case-Study Approach
1.3 Structure of the Book
References
2 Changing Interaction Between the Port and the City. West Versus East
2.1 Port-City Development Trajectories: Western Developed Countries Versus the Eastern World
2.2 Evolution of the Port-City Interface
2.3 Transformation of Ex-Port Sites and New Waterfront Developments
2.4 Emergence of Port-Regions as Growth Poles
2.5 Conclusion
References
3 Revisiting Port-Cities in the Global Context
3.1 The Notion of Globalization and World/Global City Theory
3.2 Ports as Integrated Elements in Logistics and Freight Distribution
3.3 The Significance of Free Trade Zones Within the Port Hinterland
3.4 The Concepts of Entrepôt, Gateways and Hub Port-Cities
3.5 Global Trade and Port Network
3.6 Conclusion: Towards a Multidisciplinary Perspective on Port-City Studies
References
4 Making of a Global Port-City in the Middle East: The Dubai Model
4.1 Dubai Model: A Laboratory for Port-City Development Studies
4.2 Phase I (1900s–1950s): The Freeport-Merchants Town
4.3 Phase II (1960s–1970s): The Entrepôt Port-City
4.4 Phase III (1980s–1990s): The Global Transshipment Hub Port City
4.5 Phase IV (2000–Present): The Logistics Hub Port City
4.6 Conclusion: Dubai Modal of Port-City Development
References
5 Economic Diversification, Freight Flows and Transnational Expansion in Dubai Hub Port-City
5.1 Megaproject Development Strategy: Challenges and Policies
5.2 Economic Diversification, Growth in Trade and Urban Development
5.2.1 Growth in Trade
5.2.2 Urban Development Indicators
5.3 The Spreading System of Free Zones in Developing the Desert: Cities Within a City
5.3.1 Jebel Ali Free Zone
5.4 Making an Integrated Logistics Platform at Dubai’s Port-City Interface
5.5 Inserting into the National Context and Consolidating a Hub Position in the Region
5.5.1 Situating Dubai Within the Nation-State
5.5.2 The Maritime Network Structure of the Middle Eastern Major Ports
5.6 International Expansion and Configuring the Transnational Flows: Dubaization of Port-Hinterland?
5.7 Conclusion: Competitiveness of Dubai Global Hub Port-City
References
6 Conclusions. Future of Port Geography in the Developing World
6.1 Critical Review of the Arguments
6.2 Development of Hub-Ports into Global Logistics Centres: Dubai’s Potential as ‘Singapore’ of the Middle East?
6.3 Closing Remarks and Future Research
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