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Port cities and urban wealth: between global networks and local transformations

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  • Carola Hein

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A port city's economy has historically depended upon its ability to adapt its port to political, economic, social, and technological changes. After the 1960s, many working ports adapted to containerisation by moving away from outdated infrastructure; public and private entities in some cities redeveloped these empty, centrally located historic waterfronts for corporate use, housing, entertainment, and cruise ship tourism. The article discusses such adaptation and transformation (or the lack thereof) in London, Tokyo, Hamburg and Philadelphia, examines these ports as places of economic resilience and innovation - and, traditionally, sites of the creation of wealth for the local elite. It also evaluates today's relationship between working ports and waterfronts. Raising questions about preservation, green urbanism and livability, it addresses these cities' efforts to establish themselves as creators of resilient urban systems that promote prosperity (as defined by UN Habitat) for all citizens.

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  • Carola Hein, 2014. "Port cities and urban wealth: between global networks and local transformations," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(2/3/4), pages 339-361.
  • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:13:y:2014:i:2/3/4:p:339-361
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    1. Katarzyna Krasowska & Zbigniew W. Paszkowski, 2023. "The Need to Maintain Sustainability in the Dynamic Anthropogenic Changes in the Natural Landscape of the Bay of Pomerania in Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-19, January.
    2. Annabelle Duval & Jean-Baptiste Bahers, 2023. "Flows as Makers and Breakers of Port-Territory Metabolic Relations: The Case of the Loire Estuary," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(3), pages 319-329.
    3. Ying Zheng & Jingzhu Zhao & Guofan Shao, 2020. "Port City Sustainability: A Review of Its Research Trends," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-17, October.
    4. Toby Roberts & Ian Williams & John Preston & Nick Clarke & Melinda Odum & Stefanie O'Gorman, 2021. "A Virtuous Circle? Increasing Local Benefits from Ports by Adopting Circular Economy Principles," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-25, June.
    5. Keren Ben Hilell & Yael Allweil, 2021. "Infrastructure Development and Waterfront Transformations: Physical and Intangible Borders in Haifa Port City," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(3), pages 43-57.

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