Ports, cities and the global maritime infrastructure

Heße, Markus; Mcdonough, Evan

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“…At the same time, there is a proliferation of specialized books and papers, each starting from a highly-focused perspective and dealing with only a portion of the multilayered and multifaceted dynamic structure of a seaport. The old-fashion specialized subject of port economics seems to be not so popular anymore (Cullinane and Talley 2006;Talley 2009;Coto-Millan, Pesquera, and Castanedo 2010), but there are some very interesting books presenting cases of entangled developments between ports and cities (Wang et al 2016;Hesse and McDonough 2018). Moreover, among the leading scholars dealing in various ways with the search for a comprehensive definition of what roles a seaport can play in the global connectivity system, there are some researchers sustaining the importance of path dependencies (Ducruet 2017), while others see as determinant and defining all the technological and organizational novelties which have appeared during the last decades (Lee and Cullinane 2016;Jacobs and Notteboom 2011).…”

Section: University Of Milano Bicocca Department Of Economics Managem...mentioning

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Complex Gateways: The North Adriatic Port System in Historical Perspective

Giulio¹

2023

Complex Gateways. Labour and Urban History of Maritime Port Cities: The Northern Adriatic in a Comparative Perspective

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Complex Gateways: The North Adriatic Port System in Historical Perspective

Giulio¹

2023

Complex Gateways. Labour and Urban History of Maritime Port Cities: The Northern Adriatic in a Comparative Perspective

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“…City and regional strategies for logistics development, enhanced connectivity and import/export competitiveness have grown in importance. In this context, uneven developments in relation to port-cities have been explored by scholars specializing in urban studies and economic geography (Hesse and McDonough, 2018). An example here is Singapore and its developmental City-State model, largely motivated by the country's goal to be a major transport hub in Southeast Asia given its geographical location (Olds and Yeung, 2004; Sibilia, 2019).…”

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State Capitalism and Spanish port development along the Maritime Silk Road

Jensen

2022

Environ Plan A

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With the rise of ‘new’ state capitalisms, control over transport infrastructure has returned to the forefront of competition in the global economy. This article investigates how different state capitalisms interact to enable economic developments in ports. It tracks the relationship between state-owned firms in the shipping and ports sectors through a case study of the port of Valencia in Spain and COSCO shipping group. The article identifies state capitalisms as variegated and relational to analyze the ways in which qualitatively different state capitalist dynamics interact at different scales. The article identifies two state capitalist dynamics which have been dominant in determining relations between Spanish and Chinese state capitalisms: 1) A commercial dynamic of maximizing Spanish ports profits by establishing new relationships with Chinese firms; and 2) an expansionary dynamic of increasing market share of Chinese state-owned firms in European shipping markets. These two dynamics are synergistic and have contributed to the competitiveness of Spanish ports and Chinese shipping firms by providing new capital to the port of Valencia and expanding the port's profile as a hub in the eastern Mediterranean, while also further solidifying COSCO's position in European shipping markets and its internalization and vertical integration strategy.

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“…The impact of transport infrastructure cannot be overemphasized, especially road transport, which is virtually available and mostly accessible everywhere for the running of daily activities. Provision of this type of infrastructure (road infrastructure) is, however, capital intensive [15]. In Nigeria, according to [16], road infrastructure is usually financed through government budgetary expenditures and there are rival demands on these expenditures.…”

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Government Investment on Road Infrastructure in Kogi State, Nigeria: The Impact on Urban Mobility

Olorunfemi¹,

Akanmu²,

Salisu³

2022

JSS

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Road infrastructure has been identified as a major factor for sustaining urban mobility and requires constant investment in the form of budgetary allocation for construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance. To this end, the study assesses government investment in road infrastructure in Kogi State, Nigeria and how it impacts urban mobility. The study adopted a mixed-method research design and deployed a questionnaire survey to elicit information from randomly selected 1,215 household heads. Also, data on the state’s budgetary allocation and road infrastructure expenditure from 2008–2018 were sourced. Findings shown that the year 2015 received the highest budgetary allocation for road infrastructure and there is a statistically significant trend difference in the development of road infrastructure in the area. The results revealed that the annual road infrastructure expenditure has a statistical influence on the state’s general sectoral budget (F𝟏𝟏𝟗𝟗 92.776, p=0.000<0.05). Meanwhile, residents’ perception analysis revealed that government investment on road infrastructure is fairly impactful in Adavi, Okene, Dekina, Ajaokuta, and Lokoja, somewhat impactful in Ankpa and Kabba-Bunu, and no impact was felt in Mopa-Amuro and Bassa-Oguma communities. The study recommends giving more priority and increasing budgetary allocations for road infrastructure towards improving urban mobility and logistics functions in the state.

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Ports, cities and the global maritime infrastructure

Cited by 8 publications

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Complex Gateways: The North Adriatic Port System in Historical Perspective

Complex Gateways: The North Adriatic Port System in Historical Perspective

State Capitalism and Spanish port development along the Maritime Silk Road

Government Investment on Road Infrastructure in Kogi State, Nigeria: The Impact on Urban Mobility

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