Cityports, coastal zones, and regional change : international perspectives on planning and management

Provides a well-designed and comprehensive study of cityport development in relation to regional change from a planning and management perspective. The text examines the many development problems facing cities, ports, and coastal zones around the world, with numerous case studies. It is set out in five sections which include theory and practice in the UK, environmental issues, economic diversification in developing areas, intermodalism, MIDAS and multimodalism, planning strategies, and implications for the future. Specific attention is given to interlinkages between port-city changes and the problems of coastal zone management.

Even in the late 20th Century, there remains a complex web of spatial inter-relationships linking port cities and coastal zones. Cityports, Coastal Zones and Regional Change brings together seventeen authors to explore aspects of these inter-relationships. Many of the chapters were first discussed at an intensive British-Italian Seminar held in Venice in 1994 and have subsequently been substantially revised, edited and updated. The essential focus of the book is on the role of port cities in the development and management of the coastal zones within which they are located. There is a strong emphasis on environmental issues, economic diversification and planning. While most of the numerous case studies featured are British or Italian, other areas represented include Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Tropical Africa and North America. An overview of cityports and coastal zones in the context of sustainable development provides a timely and forward looking conclusion, and makes the book ideal for researchers and students of transport geography, urban geography, port studies and coastal zone management worldwide.

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Revised and updated papers from a March 1994 seminar held in Venice, Italy, explore aspects of the spatial interrelationships linking port cities and coastal zones, focusing on the role of port cities in the development and management of the coastal zones within which they're located. Emphasizes environmental issues, economic diversification, and planning, with case studies mainly on British and Italian regions. For researchers and students of transport geography, urban geography, port studies, and coastal zone management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.