Ports in Proximity

1: Introduction; I: Conceptualization of Ports in Proximity; 2: Revisiting Inter-Port Relationships under the New Economic Geography Research Framework; 3: Ports in Proximity, Proximity in Ports: Towards a Typology; 4: Port Regions and Globalization; 5: Path Dependency and Contingency in the Development of Multi-port Gateway Regions and Multi-port Hub Regions; II: The Governance of Ports in Proximity; 6: Proximity and Port Governance; 7: Regional Integration and Maritime Range; 8: Does the EU Port Policy Strategy Encompass 'Proximity'?; III: The North American Case: Corridors and Gateways; 9: Gateways are More than Ports: The Canadian Example of Cooperation among Stakeholders; 10: Port-hinterland Divergence along the North American Eastern Seaboard; 11: Competitiveness of Green Gateways: A Blueprint for Canada; IV: The European Case: Coordination in a Competitive Environment; 12: A Best Practice in Cross-border Port Cooperation: Copenhagen Malmoe Port; 13: Rethinking Proximity: New Opportunities for Port Development. The Case of Dunkirk; 14: Italian Port Authorities Approaching the Post-reform: The Ligurian Case; 15: A Geographical Perspective on Port Performance in the United Kingdom, 1999-2007; 16: External Influences on the Humber Estuary Ports, the Largest Concentration of Port Activity in the UK; V: The Asian Case: Major Changes in Port Systems' Hierarchies; 17: Port Competition Paradigms and Japanese Port Clusters; 18: Port Challenge in Northeast Asia: Korea's Two-hub Port Strategy; 19: Hong Kong in Transition from a Hub Port City to a Global Supply Chain Management Centre