04034nam 22007574a 450 991095464060332120251116173237.01-134-45587-91-134-45588-70-429-23355-80-203-49641-81-280-07807-310.4324/9780203496411 (CKB)1000000000253705(EBL)182372(OCoLC)475895722(SSID)ssj0000309444(PQKBManifestationID)11233325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309444(PQKBWorkID)10266560(PQKB)11106282(MiAaPQ)EBC182372(Au-PeEL)EBL182372(CaPaEBR)ebr10093547(CaONFJC)MIL7807(OCoLC)1000425765(EXLCZ)99100000000025370520031216d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShipping and ports in the twenty-first century globalization, technological change and the environment /edited by David Pinder and Brian Slack1st ed.London New York Routledge20041 online resource (304 p.)Ocean management and policy series ;6Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65419-X 0-203-59978-0 0-415-28344-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Contemporary contexts for shipping and ports; Global and local in the maritime sector; Corporate realignment and the global imperatives of container shipping; China's competitive push for global trade: port system development and the role of COSCO; Appropriate models of port governance: lessons from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Analysing the performance of seaport clustersOcean cruising: market dynamics, product responses and onshore impactsTechnology the enabler; From 'Anyport' to 'Superterminal': conceptual perspectives on containerization and port infrastructure; High speed at sea: evolution and issues; Energy from the deep: vessels, technologies and issues; The environment: towards a new harmony?; Integrated environmental management of ports and harbours: the European experience from policy to practice; Port development and implementation challenges in environmental management: the case of VeniceOperational pollution from shipping: sources, environmental impact and global contributionTrade and environmental management in the Straits of Malacca: the Singapore experience; IndexShipping and port systems are vital to societies and lifestyles around the world. In the late twentieth century, however, assumptions concerning the robustness of these systems were severely shaken by economic shocks triggered by oil crises. This volume explores how many of the consequent uncertainties have been resolved, and how adapted systems have been shaped to meet the challenges of the new millennium. To explore these issues, contributors focus on issues such as:· economic integration of emerging economies - in particular China· sectors as diverse as the high-speed ferry and Ocean management and policy series ;6.ShippingHarborsGlobalizationTechnological innovationsShipping.Harbors.Globalization.Technological innovations.387.1Pinder David1944-1882762Slack Brian274849MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954640603321Shipping and ports in the twenty-first century4498208UNINA