The Institutional Position of Seaports - An International Comparison (GEOJOURNAL LIBRARY Volume 51)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780792359791
Subjects: Economic geography; Shipping industries; Inland Water Transportation; Transportation Geography; Transportation; Business/Economics; Management - General; Economics - General; General; Science / Geography; Earth Sciences - Geography; Ships & Shipbuilding - General; Case studies; Harbors
First sentence: The transfer of tasks and powers from central government bodies to decentral bodies and (quasi-)market organisations implies the creation of different control relations.