Geographies of maritime transport. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios.
• Editors: Wilmsmeier, Gordon; Monios, Jason
• Contents: 1. Geographies of maritime transport / Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios -- 2. The geography of maritime trade : globalisation and beyond / Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios -- 3. GDP and international seaborne trade: past trends, present breaks and future directions / Siri Pettersen Strandenes and Helen A. Thanopoulou -- 4. Geography versus topology in the evolution of the global container shipping network (1977-2016) / César Ducruet, Justin Berli and Mattia Bunel -- 5. The geography of commodity flows : the bulk sector / Theodora Koukaki and Alessio Tei -- 6. Commodity supply networks as complex adaptive systems : how commodity and freight markets respond to a supply shock / Wouter Jacobs and Robert Horster -- 7. The Panama and Suez Canals : re-engineered to be competitive / Rodolfo Sabonge and Ricardo J. Sánchez -- 8. Belts and Roads : The geopolitics and transport geography of the China-European seaborne trade / Claes G. Alvstam -- 9. Short-distance maritime geographies : short sea shipping, RoRo, feeder and inter-island transport / Anastasia Christodoulou and Johan Woxenius -- 10. Transport on international rivers : a model of governance for the commons? / Cécile Tournaye -- 11. The changing geography of cruise shipping / Athanasios A. Pallis and George Vaggelas -- 12. Container shipping : beyond the era of maturity? / Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios -- 13. Is there a case for state ownership in ports and shipping? / Peter de Langen and Henrik Sornn-Friese -- 14. Financial operators in port infrastructures : typologies, objectives and global strategies / Giovanni Satta, Francesco Parola, Enrico Musso and Francesco Vitellaro -- 15. Development models and policies for maritime clusters / Wei Zhang, Jasmine Siu Lee Lam and Kevin X. Li -- 16. Attractiveness of port-centric advanced logistics clusters / Mina Akhavan, Hilda Ghiara, Ilaria Mariotti, Enrico Musso and Cécile Sillig -- 17. Assessing the strategic role of inland ports in urban freight policy : an application to the port of Brussels / Geoffrey Aerts, Michaël Dooms, Elvira Haezendonck and Mychal Langenus -- 18. International shipping and climate change: policy responses and implications for the maritime industry / Michele Acciaro and Alan McKinnon -- 19. Shipping and the environment : how environmental challenges impact on the shipping network / Theodora Koukaki and Alessio Tei -- 20. Arctic sea routes : a new geography for shipping (346) / Gordon Wilmsmeier.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 374 pages.)
• Subjects: 387; Shipping -- Economic aspects; Commercial geography; Commercial geography; Shipping -- Economic aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788976640; 1788976649
• Related ISBNs: 1788976630; 9781788976633
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.