Global Maritime Flows and Local Implications: Conceptualising a Worldwide Taxonomy and Glossary of Port‐City‐Regions

Mina Akhavan, Yvonne van Mil and Carola Hein
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Mina Akhavan: Department of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Yvonne van Mil: Department of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Carola Hein: Department of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Ocean and Society, 2025, vol. 2

Abstract: The dynamic interplay between global maritime flows and the spatial, economic, and social development of port‐city‐regions lies at the heart of this thematic issue. As globalisation accelerates, the relationships between ports, cities, and their surrounding regions become increasingly complex, requiring innovative conceptual frameworks, methodologies, and interdisciplinary collaborations to address both challenges and opportunities. Flows of goods and people shape infrastructural networks and create nodes of logistics and administration in and around nearby cities. They establish specific networks that primarily facilitate transport. Multiple approaches and definitions exist to describe and map these unique spaces. This thematic issue of Ocean and Society aims to advance our understanding of these phenomena by exploring a range of terminologies, typologies, spatial transformations, and examples of sustainable practices across diverse geographic contexts.

Keywords: data; global maritime activities; mapping; port‐city interface; port‐city planning; sustainability; transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.17645/oas.10067

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