The port city in multidisciplinary analysis

César Ducruet (1)

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The inherent complexity of the port city has drawn attention from a vast number of scholars belonging to a variety of scientific fields. While a full and exhaustive review would reach beyond the scope of this chapter, it proposes evaluating the level of cohesion of port-city research through a classification of main study areas and their outcomes. Multiple definitions of the port city are both a cause and a consequence of the fragmentation of port-city research. There is a necessity refining the status of port-city research within mainstream approaches on either ports or cities.

Mots clés: coastal cities; maritime transport; port; typology; waterfront

Domaines: Géographie

César Ducruet. The port city in multidisciplinary analysis. Joan Alemany and Rinio Bruttomesso. The port city in the XXIst century: New challenges in the relationship between port and city, RETE, pp.32-48, 2011. ⟨halshs-00551208⟩