The port city in multidisciplinary analysis

The port city in multidisciplinary analysis

[SHS:GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography

coastal cities

maritime transport

port

typology

waterfront

The inherent complexity of the port city has drawn attention from a vast number of scholars belonging to a variety of scientific fields. While a full and exhaustive review would reach beyond the scope of this chapter, it proposes evaluating the level of cohesion of port-city research through a classification of main study areas and their outcomes. Multiple definitions of the port city are both a cause and a consequence of the fragmentation of port-city research. There is a necessity refining the status of port-city research within mainstream approaches on either ports or cities.

Ducruet, César

The port city in the XXIst century: New challenges in the relationship between port and city

2011

ENG

scientific book chapter

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00551208

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/55/12/08/PDF/Ducruet_RETE_multidisciplinary.pdf