With the demise of European socialist economies and the
marketization of Asian communist countries, a new global capitalism
has reshaped the configuration of the world economy, with speed a
determining factor to all transactions of information, finance,
goods and services and people. Sea-ports that were significant for
a slower but no less global economy have been undergoing
transformation to stay economically and culturally relevant. Some
manage to reinvent themselves as tourist cities, some face decline
if they do not manage to transform. This volume looks at a number
of port cities in Asia and Europe that face this pressure. With
contributions considering history, contemporary developments,
contacts between ports, the representation of ports and the
relations between port cities and their hinterlands. This
comparative study identifies many parallels between local histories
and developments in the Asian and European port cities, as well as
new opportunities for sharing experiences and learning from the
developments and decisions in similar situations in other port
cities.
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