Ports In Proximity (transport And Mobility)

PORTS IN PROXIMITY Transport and Mobility Series Series Editors: Professor Brian Graham, Professor of Human Geography, University of Ulster, UK and Richard Knowles, Professor of Transport Geography, University of Salford, UK, on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Transport Geography Research Group (TGRG). The inception of this series marks a major resurgence of geographical research into transport and mobility. Reflecting the dynamic relationships between sociospatial behaviour and change, it acts as a forum for cutting-edge research into transport and mobility, and for innovative and decisive debates on the formulation and repercussions of transport policy making. Also in the series Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948–2008 Russell Haywood ISBN 978 0 7546 7392 7 Transit Oriented Development Making it Happen Edited by Carey Curtis, John L. Renne and Luca Bertolini ISBN 978 0 7546 7315 6 The City as a Terminal The Urban Context of Logistics and Freight Transport Markus Hesse ISBN 978 0 7546 0913 1 Ports, Cities and Global Supply Chains Edited by James Wang, Daniel Olivier, Theo Notteboom and Brian Slack ISBN 978 0 7546 7054 4 Achieving Sustainable Mobility Everyday and Leisure-time Travel in the EU Erling Holden ISBN 978 0 7546 4941 0 For further information about this series, please visit www.ashgate.com Ports in Proximity Competition and Coordination among Adjacent Seaports Edited by TheO NOTTebOOM University of Antwerp, Belgium CÉSaR DucRueT, Paris-I Sorbonne University, France PeTeR de LaNgeN Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands © Theo Notteboom, César Ducruet and Peter de Langen 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Theo Notteboom, César Ducruet and Peter de Langen have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court East Suite 420 Union Road 101 Cherry Street Farnham Burlington Surrey, GU9 7PT VT 05401-4405 England USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Ports in proximity : competition and coordination among adjacent seaports. -- (Transport and mobility series) 1. Harbors--Location. 2. Harbors--Economic aspects. 3. Harbors--Management. I. Series II. Notteboom, Theo. III. Ducruet, César. IV. Langen, Peter W. de. 387.1-dc22 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Langen, Peter W. de. Ports in proximity : competition and coordination among adjacent seaports / edited by Theo Notteboom, César Ducruet and Peter de Langen. p. cm. -- (Transport and mobility) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-7688-1 -- ISBN 978-0-7546-9385-7 (ebook) 1. Harbors-Case studies. 2. Competition--Case studies. I. Notteboom, Theo. II. Ducruet, César. III. Title. HE551.P84 2009 387.1--dc22  ISBN 9780754676881 (hbk) ISBN.V) 2009016976 Contents List of Figures   List of Tables   List of Contributors   Preface   1 Introduction    Theo E. Notteboom, César Ducruet and Peter W. de Langen ix xi xiii xxv 1 PART I  CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PORTS IN PROXIMITY 2 Revisiting Inter-Port Relationships under the New Economic Geography Research Framework   César Ducruet, Theo E. Notteboom and Peter W. de Langen 3 Ports in Proximity, Proximity in Ports: Towards a Typology   Peter V. Hall and Wouter Jacobs 29 4 Port Regions and Globalization   César Ducruet 41 5 Path Dependency and Contingency in the De