PORT CITIES IN ASIA AND EUROPE by Arndt Graf (Editor), Chua Beng Huat (Editor) ( 9781135784782 )

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Title:

PORT CITIES IN ASIA AND EUROPE

By:

Arndt Graf (Editor), Chua Beng Huat (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1135784787

ISBN 13:

9781135784782

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 November, 2008

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

Pages:

222

Synopsis:

With the demise of European socialist economies and the marketization of Asian communist countries, a new global capitalism has reshaped the configuration of the world economy, with speed a determining factor to all transactions of information, finance, goods and services and people.Sea-ports that were significant for a slower but no less global economy have been undergoing transformation to stay economically and culturally relevant. Some manage to reinvent themselves as tourist cities, some face decline if they do not manage to transform. This volume looks at a number of port cities in Asia and Europe that face this pressure. With contributions considering history, contemporary developments, contacts between ports, the representation of ports and the relations between port cities and their hinterlands.This comparative study identifies many parallels between local histories and developments in the Asian and European port cities, as well as new opportunities for sharing experiences and learning from the developments and decisions in similar situations in other port cities.

Illustrations:

13 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Halftones, black and white; 15

Publication:

Imprint:

Routledge

Returns:

Non-returnable

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