The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities

Ports and cities are historically strongly linked, but the link between port and city growth has become weaker. Economic benefits often spill over to other regions, whereas negative impacts are localised in the port-city. How can ports regain their role as drivers of urban economic growth and how ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2014.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706414306719
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword and acknowledgements
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Executive summary
  • Ports and their cities: An introduction
  • The impact of ports on their cities
  • Making ports competitive
  • Increasing the local benefits from ports
  • Mitigating the negative impact from ports
  • Port-city profiles
  • An effective policy mix for port-cities
  • Port growth patterns 1970-2009.