Port Cities and Globalisation

Daniel Castillo Hidalgo, César Ducruet

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781032909875
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040930861
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Maritime transport is a key factor in the globalisation process where port cities play an essential role as edges of economic, technological, cultural, and institutional diffusion. Global supply chains depend on a complex network of port cities and are thus representative elements of economic structural shifts at national and regional levels.

This book explores the role of port cities as global actors since the end of the Second World War. It focuses on the morphological evolution of port cities, their economic functions, and cultural heritages. This volume incorporates case studies from regions around the world and analyses the differences and common features related to the global integration process. This edited collection offers a range of methodological approaches prepared by academics specialised in geography, history, economics, and urban planning.

Port Cities and Globalisation will be directly relevant to a wide variety of scholars and postgraduate researchers in the fields of transport studies and management, maritime logistics, port economics, as well as urban planning, regional development, and human geography.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• 1 Introduction: A geohistory of the world’s port cities
• 2 Port-city evolution in the long run (1880–2020): Global and regional trends
• 3 From the Taylor-Fordist port model to the global port model: The case of Western Europe in the 1950s–1960s
• 4 Navigating port-city relations: Three case studies from Spain
• 5 Port and the city: Hints from some Italian cases
• 6 Containerisation in Antwerp and Rotterdam between 1966 and 2024: Impacts on the regional urban and logistical fabric
• 7 Ports and cities of the former Soviet Union: Impact and geopolitical change
• 8 Local and global drivers of maritime economics: Port cities of West Africa
• 9 The South African port system in the New South Africa era
• 10 Oil vs container: The changing tides of port-city dynamics in the Middle East
• 11 The port system in South Asia – moving away from path dependency (1950–2024)
• 12 Dynamics of shipping networks and port cities in East and Southeast Asia
• 13 A study on the functional types and life cycle of port cities along the Maritime Silk Road
• 14 Port performance and industry in North Korea’s major cities
• 15 The persistence of urban ports: The case of Montreal and Halifax, Canada
• 16 In a tight spot: North American port cities in global supply chains
• 17 The evolution of the Australasian shipping network from 1950 to 2020
• 18 The container revolution in the ports of southeastern Brazil (Santos and Rio De Janeiro, 1963–1993)
• 19 Three Argentinean overseas ports facing global changes: Rosario, Bahía Blanca, and La Plata in the second half of the twentieth century
• Index