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Author Hershman, Marc J

Title Urban Ports and Harbor Management : Responding to Change along U.S. Waterfronts
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (368 pages)
Series Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
Contents Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I OVERVIEW -- Chapter 1 HARBOR MANAGEMENT: A New Role for the Public Port Marc J. Hershman -- DIVERSITY OF INTERESTS IN THE URBAN HARBOR -- EXPERIMENTS IN HARBOR MANAGEMENT -- A DESCRIPTION OF THE PUBLIC PORT AGENCY -- THE TRADITIONAL ORIENTATION OF PUBLIC PORTS -- TRENDS AFFECTING THE PORT -- EMBRACING HARBOR MANAGEMENT -- Part II THE SETTING
Chapter 2 PORTS OVER TIME: Historical Perspectives on the Public Port Marc J. Hershman and Robin Scott Bittner*CREATION OF A PORT THROUGH LAND DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION -- THE DECLINE OF RAILROAD CONTROL AND THE RISE OF THE PUBLIC REFORM MOVEMENT -- THE PURSUIT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES -- THE PORT'S ABILITY TO RESPOND AND ADAPT -- APPENDIX: SELECTED HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U.S. PORT AUTHORITIES -- Chapter 3 THE PORT COMMUNITY: Seaport Character and Public/Private Tensions Douglas K. Fleming -- A MICROGEOGRAPHY OF THE COMMUNITY
INTERNAL FUNCTIONS OF A SEAPORTTENSIONS IN THE PORT COMMUNITY -- CHARACTER AND SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY -- Chapter 4 THE PHYSICAL HARBOR: New Demands on a Scarce Resource Harold M. Mayer -- DEFINING PORTS AND HARBORS -- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HARBORS -- CLASSIFICATION OF HARBORS -- TRENDS IN HARBOR LAND DEVELOPMENT -- THE NEED FOR A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX: A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIMARY PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HARBORS -- Chapter 5 FEDERAL PORT POLICY: Retrenchment in the 1980s Marc J. Hershman and Marianne Kory*
THE FEDERAL ROLE: CONFERRING SUBSIDIES AND IMPOSING CONSTRAINTSDEREGULATION: THE RESTRICTED ROLE OF THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION -- NEW COST-SHARING ON FEDRAL NAVIGATION PROJECTS -- PROTECTING THE HARBOR ENVIRONMENT: A NATIONAL PRIORITY -- FLIRTING WITH PORT REGIONALISM -- THE DECLINING FEDERAL ROLE: BY CONSCIOUS DESIGN -- Part II IDIVERSE ACTIVITIES -- Chapter 6 THE CONTAINERIZATION STORY: Meeting the Competition in Trade Paul W. Chilcote -- THE TRUCK-SIZE BOX AS A TRANSPORT MODE -- IMPACT OF THE CONTAINER ON PORT COMPETITION
LAND-SIDE EFFECTS OF CONTAINERIZATIONSHIFT OF FACILITIES WITHIN HARBORS -- EFFECTS ON LABOR -- SPECIALIZATION AMONG PORTS -- THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE RAIL CONNECTION -- Chapter 7 FOSTERING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Noncargo Alternatives James E. Randall -- TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES -- THE TRENDS BEHIND DIVERSIFICATION -- A BROADER CONTEXT: KONDRATIEFF CYCLES AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY -- EXAMPLES OF NONCARGO ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- Chapter 8 FISHPORTS: Service Centers for a Changing Industry Robert F. Goodwin*
Notes ""THE MODERN FISHPORT: AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX""
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ISBN 9781351690393
1351690396