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Author:   Reginald Loyen ,  Erik Buyst ,  Greta Devos
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.090kg
ISBN:  

9783790815245

ISBN 10:   3790815241
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   07 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Recent trends in maritime and port history.- Throughput in the port of Antwerp (1901-2000): an integrated functional approach 29.- Port traffic in Rotterdam: the competitive edge of a Rhine-port (1880-1914).- Commentary.- Port throughput and international trade: have port authorities any degrees of freedom left?.- Commentary.- Thirty-five years of containerization in Antwerp and Rotterdam: structural changes in the container handling market.- The Kempen nexus. The spatial-economic development of Rotterdam and Antwerp.- The Antwerp port: elements of spatial planning.- Port and politics in Antwerp: a prudent approach.- The end of the sea.- Commentary.- Land-use policy in the port of Antwerp (1870-1994).- Port of Rotterdam: land-use policy during the twentieth century.- Commentary.- Evolution of the Rotterdam port authority’s position.- “Much ado about nothing?” Reorganising the hiring system and decasualization in the port of Antwerp during the 1960s: motives, obstacles, outcome.- “Dock-work is a skilled profession”. Decasualization and the Rotterdam labour market (1945-1970).- Commentary.- The first mechanization wave in coal and ore handling as an example of patterns of technological innovation in the port of Rotterdam.- Commentary.- Opportunities in comparative Antwerp-Rotterdam port history.- Annex.- Maps of port of Antwerp and Rotterdam.

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