Frontline soldiers of globalisation: Port–city evolution and regional competition |
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| Authors: | César Ducruet Sung-Woo Lee |
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| Institution: | (1) Northeast Asian Regional Development Center, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), 1591-6 Gwanyang-dong, Dongan-gu, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, 431-712, Republic of Korea;(2) Port Research Center, Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), Suam B/D, 137-851, Bangbae 3 dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | Containerisation Globalisation Port city Relative concentration index |
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