New port development and global city making: Emergence of the Shanghai-Yangshan multilayered gateway hub

Chengjin Wang () and César Ducruet ()
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Chengjin Wang: IGSNRR - Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research - CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences [Changchun Branch]
César Ducruet: GC (UMR_8504) - Géographie-cités - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Planned as Shanghai's new port, Yangshan is currently expanding its roles as transshipment hub and integrated logistics/industrial center in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper examines the impact of the emergence of Yangshan on the spatial pattern of the Yangtze River Delta since the 1970s, with reference to existing port system spatial evolutionary models. While this emergence confirms the trend of offshore hub development and regionalization processes observed in other regions, we also discuss noticeable deviations due to territorial and governance issues. Strong national policies favoring Shanghai's vicinity rather than Ningbo as well as the growth of Yangshan beyond sole transshipment functions all contribute to Shanghai's transformation into a global city.

Keywords: Asia; China; corridor; offshore hub; port system evolution; urban growth; Yangtze River Delta (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Published in Journal of Transport Geography, 2012, 25, pp.58-69. ⟨10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.07.008⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.07.008

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