caa a22 4500 467898588 CHVBK 20180406152811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10708-006-9037-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10708-006-9037-9 Frontline soldiers of globalisation: Port-city evolution and regional competition [Elektronische Daten] [César Ducruet, Sung-Woo Lee] This paper is an empirical attempt to measure the relative concentration of port-city functions in the context of globalisation. It reviews a number of urban and port issues regarding their complementary and contradictory aspects about the evolution of port cities. The main purpose is to verify how port function is more or less important to local economies, compared to other functions, through a temporal and global approach. Based on a matrix of port-city centrality and intermediacy, the main indicators available for international comparison are urban population and container throughput. An analysis of 653 places between 1970 and 2005 period is provided, using the relative concentration index (RCI) proposed by Vallega. The appropriate geographical scale to measure the relative evolution of port cities at a global level is discussed. Results tend to question previous models which consider functional and spatial separation between the city and its port as an ineluctable process. The port-city evolution appears to be gradual rather than linear or chaotic, and in many cases largely influenced by regional factors and local strategies. Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 2006 Containerisation nationallicence Globalisation nationallicence Port city nationallicence Relative concentration index nationallicence Ducruet César Northeast Asian Regional Development Center, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), 1591-6 Gwanyang-dong, 431-712, Dongan-gu, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea aut Lee Sung-Woo Port Research Center, Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), Suam B/D, 137-851, Bangbae 3 dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea aut GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 67/2(2006-10-01), 107-122 0343-2521 67:2<107 2006 67 10708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-006-9037-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-006-9037-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ducruet César Northeast Asian Regional Development Center, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), 1591-6 Gwanyang-dong, 431-712, Dongan-gu, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Sung-Woo Port Research Center, Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), Suam B/D, 137-851, Bangbae 3 dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 67/2(2006-10-01), 107-122 0343-2521 67:2<107 2006 67 10708 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer