TY - CHAP
T1 - Conclusions. future of port geography in the developing world
AU - Akhavan, Mina
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This concluding chapter provides a critical review of the arguments discussed in the previous chapter of this book. The main statement of this book is that emerging port-cities in the GCC countries are becoming key players in the global system of ports while configuring commodity flows. Here, Dubai is used as an extreme case with a constant series of development stages that makes it today an important hub-port and logistics centre in the region. Attention is drawn to the success story of Dubai in developing into a global logistics centre, compared to Singapore as the world’s leading logistics hub; the role of government and its initiatives in sustaining competitiveness is highlighted. Against the trend in port-cities in the Western world, the results of the empirical study show that the relationship between the port and the city has not weakened but strengthened and more specialized throughput time.
AB - This concluding chapter provides a critical review of the arguments discussed in the previous chapter of this book. The main statement of this book is that emerging port-cities in the GCC countries are becoming key players in the global system of ports while configuring commodity flows. Here, Dubai is used as an extreme case with a constant series of development stages that makes it today an important hub-port and logistics centre in the region. Attention is drawn to the success story of Dubai in developing into a global logistics centre, compared to Singapore as the world’s leading logistics hub; the role of government and its initiatives in sustaining competitiveness is highlighted. Against the trend in port-cities in the Western world, the results of the empirical study show that the relationship between the port and the city has not weakened but strengthened and more specialized throughput time.
KW - Future research
KW - Global logistics centres
KW - Singapore
KW - Western versus eastern port studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091714529&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-52578-1_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-52578-1_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85091714529
T3 - SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
SP - 115
EP - 125
BT - SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
PB - Springer
ER -