Call for papers for the Special Issue: Moving beyond where land meets water: understanding the development and spatial organization of inland ports
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全文截稿: 2019-01-11
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Overview
Over the past twenty-five years a considerable amount of literature has emerged that addresses inland port development in a variety of ways and in different geographical and institutional contexts (Ng et al., 2014; Witte et al., 2017). What is up to now missing is a comprehensive understanding of the development and spatial organization of inland ports, ranging from the global to the local scale and paying attention to the importance of geographical context. The aim of this proposed Special Issue therefore is to present an integrated state-of-the-art overview of different facets of inland port development, with a particular focus on four interrelated levels: the national/continental perspective (i.e. development and operations), the regional perspective (i.e. economic impacts), the metropolitan perspective (i.e. governance) and the local perspective (i.e. spatial organization). We aim to structure the theoretical and empirical insights concerning inland ports through different time periods, in different geographical settings and by different analytical dimensions of inland ports. Contributions can focus on a single port, or on a system of ports and can cover a global perspective on inland ports, including emerging and developing country contexts. Potential topics include:
- Setting the scene: How to define inland ports development? What kind of dimensions / characteristics / classifications may be used to distinguish?
- Conceptual background: What theories or conceptual frameworks are used to explain inland ports development? How has this changed over time?
- Global perspective / operational aspects: How do inland ports act as links in value chains in the wider network?
- Regional perspective / economic impacts: How are inland ports embedded in the wider regional-economic context?
- Metropolitan perspective / governance: How are inland ports governed, planned and owned? Who is in charge?
- Local perspective / spatial transformation: How have inland ports spatially/functionally evolved over time?