Mainports as Integrators of Passenger, Freight and Information Networks. From Transport Nodes to Business Generators; the Dutch Case
In the process of increasing globalization, mainports play an important role. A number of gateways have emerged as transport nodes in the networks of air and sea routes which crisscross the globe. Here, millions of travellers are transferred and millions of tonnes of freight are transhipped. Both Japan and the Netherlands play an important part in these ‘hub and spoke’ networks. In this contribution we will deal with the dynamics of mainports in general, and more specifically with the mainports of the Netherlands. Our argument is that their function goes far beyond that of infrastructure, tran... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2001 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2001) |
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TU Delft Open
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Schlagwörter: | Transportation engineering / TA1001-1280 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26627407 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2001.1.2.3498 |