Ports in multi-level maritime networks: Evidence from the Atlantic (1996-2006)

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 508-518

  Ducruet, César ^a   Rozenblat, Céline ^b   Zaidi, Faraz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Clustering methods; Graph visualization; Liner shipping; Port hierarchy; Scale free network

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PORT OPERATION; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; VISUALIZATION; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 74949097579     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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