The worldwide maritime network of container shipping: Spatial structure and regional dynamics

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-423

  Ducruet, César ^a   Notteboom, Theo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

LINER SHIPPING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NODAL REGIONS; PORT HIERARCHY; SPATIAL CHANGE

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL NETWORKS; GLOBAL SHIPPING; GLOBAL TRADE; LINER SHIPPING; MARITIME CONTAINERS; NETWORK EXTENSIONS; NETWORK PROPERTIES; NODAL REGION; PORT HIERARCHY; RAPID CHANGES; REGIONAL DYNAMICS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SERVICE CONFIGURATION; SHIPPING INDUSTRY; SPATIAL CHANGES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION; TRAFFIC CONCENTRATION; TRANSHIPMENT;

CONTAINERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

CONTAINER SHIP; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION; LOGISTICS; PORT; SHIPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84858329393     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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