Port system evolution in Ecuador – Migration, location splitting or specialisation?

Gordon Wilmsmeier, Jason Monios and Adriana Francesca Ballén Farfán

Journal of Transport Geography, 2021, vol. 93, issue C

Abstract: Port facilities expand or are relocated from their original locations according to several factors, such as outgrowing a limited space or avoiding clashes of use with expanding cities. Previous spatial models such as the famous Anyport model imply a natural evolution in port systems which can in reality be complicated by issues of port governance and competition. The goal of this paper is to enrich the Anyport model with insights from port governance and the port life cycle model, focusing on strategies of port actors to avert a potential decline when the port reaches geographical or economic constraints.

Keywords: Seaport; Port governance; Spatial evolution; Port authority; South America; Port geography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103042

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