Building a bridge between port and city: Improving the urban competitiveness of port cities
Historically, ports have been an important location factor for cities, enabling international trade and investment and facilitating urbanization processes. However, the traditionally strong relationship between ports and port cities has gradually weakened due to the emerging negative externalities of ports. Therefore, port-city municipalities need to better understand the relationship between port activities, urban competitiveness, and the attraction of investment. This paper uses the Quadratic Assignment Procedure (QAP) and related regression models to test this relationship as well as identify the determinants of urban competitiveness. The results show that despite the positive relationship between port and urban networks, port cities currently exhibit no significant advantages over non-port cities in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); in addition, port-city competitiveness depends more on urban characteristics than on port factors. Based on these results, the authors propose various strategies for port-city developments.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Zhao, Qianyu
- Xu, Hang
- Wall, Ronald S
- Stavropoulos, Spyridon
- Publication Date: 2017-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 120-133
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Serial:
- Journal of Transport Geography
- Volume: 59
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0966-6923
- Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cities; Competition; Ports; Urbanization
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01629919
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 27 2017 9:26AM