Centrality and vulnerability in liner shipping networks: Revisiting the northeast asian port hierarchy

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-36

  Ducruet, César ^a   Lee, Sung Woo ^b   Ng, Adolf K Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b Korea Maritime Institute   (South Korea)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DESIGN; MARINE POLICY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PORT OPERATION; SHIPPING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG; KOREA; NORTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 74949130484     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830903461175     Document Type: Article

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