An evolutionary perspective on regional port systems: The role of windows of opportunity in shaping seaport competition

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1674-1692

  Jacobs, Wouter ^a   Notteboom, Theo ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; PORT; REGIONALIZATION; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

NETHERLANDS; RHINE DELTA;

EID: 79960878139     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43417     Document Type: Article

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