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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James Wang , Daniel Olivier , Theo Notteboom , Brian SlackPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780754670544ISBN 10: 0754670546 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 28 July 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'In this collection of essays, the editors and authors succeeded splendidly at bringing together intermodal transport, logistics and supply chain management, showing howcomplex and inter-relatedissues have become in these fields in a global world, wherein port cities are major players.A strong buy for academic readers, but also for the managers in the transport and logistics industries, who will find here a most useful conceptualization of their daily practices.' Jacques J. Charlier, Paris-Sorbonne University, France, and University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium '... the book represents an excellent collection of papers on maritime affairs and the significance of supply chain management for ports and port cities... this volume delivers state of the art knowledge on the complex interaction between geography, port and city development and the maritime economy. As such it is highly recommended for all scholars who wish to view logistics in geographic context.' Area 'In this collection of essays, the editors and authors succeeded splendidly at bringing together intermodal transport, logistics and supply chain management, showing how complex and inter-related issues have become in these fields in a global world, wherein port cities are major players. A strong buy for academic readers, but also for the managers in the transport and logistics industries, who will find here a most useful conceptualization of their daily practices.' Jacques J. Charlier, Paris-Sorbonne University, France, and University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium '... the book represents an excellent collection of papers on maritime affairs and the significance of supply chain management for ports and port cities... this volume delivers state of the art knowledge on the complex interaction between geography, port and city development and the maritime economy. As such it is highly recommended for all scholars who wish to view logistics in geographic context.' Area Author InformationJames Wang is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, China. Daniel Olivier is a Research Student and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, China. Theo Notteboom is President of ITMMA (Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp) and is also affiliated with the Department of Transport and Regional Economics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Brian Slack is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Geography Department, Concordia University, Canada. James Wang, Daniel Olivier, Theo Notteboom, Brian Slack, Valentina Carbone, Elisabeth Gouvernal, Photis M. Panayides, Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Alfred J. Baird, Enrico Musso, Francesco Parola, Antoine Fremont, Martin Soppe, Robert J. McCalla, Yehuda Hayuth, Cesar Ducruet, Peter W. De Langen, Peter V. Hall, Glen Robbins, Claude Comtois. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |