Port cities
Subtitle: dynamic landscapes and global networks
By: edited by Carola Hein
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780415780421; 9780415780438
Subjects: Social aspects; Globalization; Harbors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Changing urban patterns in port cities : history, present, and future / Carola Hein; title: Part I: port cities : global networks and urban form; title: Migration, trade, and the Atlantic port cities / Patrick O'Flanagan; title: Shipping Chinatowns and container terminals / Lars Amenda; title: Seaport cities / Dirk Schubert; title: Port cities and the global exchange of planning ideas / Stephen Ward; title: Regional dynamics of port cities : politics, people and the built environment; title: Trade, politics and city space(s) in Mediterranean ports / Athanasios Gekas and Mathieu Grenet; title: Mercantile elites in the ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam / Hubert Schijf; title: Treaty ports of China / Johnathan Farris; title: Staring at the sea, staring at the land / Malte Fuhrmann; title: Town planning, architecture, and migration in the port cities of the Suez Canal area / Céline Frémaux; title: Landscapes of the port city : global case studies; title: Hamburg's waterfront redevelopment / Carola Hein; title: New York City : how its port shaped its architecture / Carol Krinsky; title: Hong Kong : transformative image as a port city / Marisa Yiu; title: Dubai's Jebel Ali port: trade, territory and infrastructure / Stephen Ramos; title: Conclusions : patterns of global architecture in port cities / Carola Hein.