The emergence of a mega-port: from the global to the local, the case of Busan

The emergence of a mega-port: from the global to the local, the case of Busan

[SHS:GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography

South Korea

East Asia

containerization

port

port city

Busan port was ranked third place of the world container ports in 2001. This port growth was implemented within a major urban settlement of over 4 million inhabitants. It could be explained by the insertion of the port city in the maritime networks of the world leading ocean carriers. The coexistence of port and urban functions in the same area could lead to asphyxia. The efficient articulation of reticular and territorial logics, in different scales, from the global to the local and conversely, is a necessity to improve the development of the port city

Frémont, Antoine

Ducruet, César

Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie

ISSN:0040-747X

2005

ENG

article in peer-reviewed journal

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00458055

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/71/66/08/PDF/2005_TESG_Fremont-Ducruet_Busan.pdf