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View article: How Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Impede Climate Action
How Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Impede Climate Action Open
Climate obstruction efforts by the coal industry, electric utilities, and the transport sector including road vehicles, shipping, and aviation have proliferated in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and beyond. This chapter explains…
View article: The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs)
The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs) Open
This paper examines the role of supportive policies and value-added services which may incentivise retailers to use an urban consolidation centre (UCC). The methodology is a case study of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, based on semi-stru…
View article: Competing institutional logics and institutional erosion in environmental governance of maritime transport
Competing institutional logics and institutional erosion in environmental governance of maritime transport Open
This paper explores the process of deinstitutionalization of maritime transport governance due to competing institutional logics. The sector continues to operate with a business-as-usual logic while simultaneously paying lip service to a l…
View article: Deep adaptation to climate change in the maritime transport sector – a new paradigm for maritime economics?
Deep adaptation to climate change in the maritime transport sector – a new paradigm for maritime economics? Open
In recent years a significant body of work has been established on climate change adaptation by ports. Like climate change mitigation, work towards adaptation has stalled on the same collective action problem, whereby public and private se…
View article: Geographies of maritime transport
Geographies of maritime transport Open
This chapter introduces the volume by first establishing the background of maritime transport and historic trends, leading into a discussion of how these trends reflect the core principles of the discipline of geography: namely space, plac…
View article: Supporting urban consolidation centres with urban freight transport policies: a comparative study of Scotland and Sweden
Supporting urban consolidation centres with urban freight transport policies: a comparative study of Scotland and Sweden Open
This study investigates how supportive urban freight transport (UFT) policies work in conjunction with stakeholder collaboration to support public-led urban consolidation centre (UCC) developments. The methodology was a multiple case study…
View article: Port system evolution – the emergence of second-tier hubs
Port system evolution – the emergence of second-tier hubs Open
Some evidence has emerged of second-tier hubs inserting themselves between hubs and feeder ports, producing a new hierarchy of port networks. This article aims to establish the dynamics of this process based on illustrative cases in Asia, …
View article: Port Decision Maker Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation Actions
Port Decision Maker Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation Actions Open
Effective adaptation to climate change impacts is rapidly becoming an important research topic. Hitherto, the perceptions and attitudes of stakeholders on climate adaptation actions are under researched, partly due to the emphasis on physi…
View article: Climate adaptation management and institutional erosion: insights from a major Canadian port
Climate adaptation management and institutional erosion: insights from a major Canadian port Open
This paper performs an institutional analysis of the adaptation to climate change by ports, through a case study of the port of Vancouver, Canada. While previous literature has demonstrated the value of informal institutions for filling ga…
View article: The interplay of formal and informal institutions between local and regional authorities when creating well-functioning public transport systems
The interplay of formal and informal institutions between local and regional authorities when creating well-functioning public transport systems Open
This paper analyzes how public transport planning is managed in institutional contexts where governance is spread across local and regional scales. The paper sheds light on two facets of the relationship between local and regional governme…
View article: Port governance in the UK: Planning without policy
Port governance in the UK: Planning without policy Open
The UK's highly privatised port system means that, while many of the issues in the port governance literature relevant to port concessions do not arise here, the respective roles of harbour authorities and port operators continue to be que…
View article: Policy transfer or policy churn? Institutional isomorphism and neoliberal convergence in the transport sector
Policy transfer or policy churn? Institutional isomorphism and neoliberal convergence in the transport sector Open
While the features of successful policy transfer are well known, there is some evidence that increase in policy transfer is associated with convergence of not just policies but institutional and organisational forms. Institutional isomorph…
View article: Drivers for vertical integration in the rail sector – using wagons as “relationship specific assets”
Drivers for vertical integration in the rail sector – using wagons as “relationship specific assets” Open
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse vertical integration in the rail sector using a combination of transaction cost economics (TCE), the resource-based view (RBV) and the relational view, through which rail wagons are viewed …
View article: Competition and complementarity between seaports and hinterlands for locating distribution activities.
Competition and complementarity between seaports and hinterlands for locating distribution activities. Open
A locational duality in port-related distribution activities is emerging. In some regions, distribution activities have moved from ports to inland locations, driven in part by ‘push factors’ such as port congestion and scarcity of land for…
View article: Container Ports in Latin America: Challenges in a Changing Global Economy
Container Ports in Latin America: Challenges in a Changing Global Economy Open
Over the past decades, maritime trade experienced significant growth due to globalization and economic development of nations. Maritime transport contributes to the sustainability of the world trade system through its impact on the economi…