Port geography at the crossroads with human geography: Between flows and spaces

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-96

  Ng, Adolf K Y ^a   Ducruet, César ^b   Jacobs, Wouter ^c   Monios, Jason ^d   Notteboom, Theo ^c   Rodrigue, Jean Paul ^e   Slack, Brian ^f   Tam, Ka chai ^g   Wilmsmeier, Gordon ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b The French National Centre for Scientific Research   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^g HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^h The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Academic discipline; Human geography; Port geography; Research

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; PARADIGM SHIFT; PORT OPERATION; RESEARCH WORK; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84907810591     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.08.012     Document Type: Review

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