Typologie mondiale des relations ville-port

This paper analyzes city-port relationships on a world scale through the three concepts of centrality, nodality and intermediacy. 330 port cities represent half of the world’s coastal urban population and container traffic volumes. A factor analysis highlights the maritime or urban specializations o...

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Main Author: César Ducruet
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 2008-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/17332
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description This paper analyzes city-port relationships on a world scale through the three concepts of centrality, nodality and intermediacy. 330 port cities represent half of the world’s coastal urban population and container traffic volumes. A factor analysis highlights the maritime or urban specializations of the nodes. Results show that beyond a north-south hierarchical structure, profiles are distributed across relatively homogenous regional areas. The typology illustrates the disequilibria of city-port relations in major European port cities, while other regions show a higher city-port interdependence. This world differentiation allows the questioning of a unique model of city-port relationships and, at the same time, provides a better understanding of the spatial and functional principles defining the port city in general.
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spelling doaj-art-e2fcf7a1848846f384c3e661bf1257ba2025-08-20T03:39:53ZdeuUnité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-citésCybergeo1278-33662008-03-0110.4000/cybergeo.17332Typologie mondiale des relations ville-portCésar DucruetThis paper analyzes city-port relationships on a world scale through the three concepts of centrality, nodality and intermediacy. 330 port cities represent half of the world’s coastal urban population and container traffic volumes. A factor analysis highlights the maritime or urban specializations of the nodes. Results show that beyond a north-south hierarchical structure, profiles are distributed across relatively homogenous regional areas. The typology illustrates the disequilibria of city-port relations in major European port cities, while other regions show a higher city-port interdependence. This world differentiation allows the questioning of a unique model of city-port relationships and, at the same time, provides a better understanding of the spatial and functional principles defining the port city in general.https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/17332port citycentralityworldintermediacynodalityregionalization/regionalisation
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nodality
regionalization/regionalisation
title Typologie mondiale des relations ville-port
title_full Typologie mondiale des relations ville-port
title_fullStr Typologie mondiale des relations ville-port
title_full_unstemmed Typologie mondiale des relations ville-port
title_short Typologie mondiale des relations ville-port
title_sort typologie mondiale des relations ville port
topic port city
centrality
world
intermediacy
nodality
regionalization/regionalisation
url https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/17332
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