A Deeper Channel Floats all Boats

The Port Economy as Urban Growth Engine

Bibliographic Data

ID4778331
AuthorsDavid Jaffee (University of North Florida, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume47
Issue4
Pages783-800
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a140346p
OpenAlexW243634750
LanguageNL
Citations received16
References cited48

This paper analyzes an urban growth strategy revolving around port logistics. The growing significance of port economies is linked to the larger process of globalization and the increasing geographic distance between the points of production and consumption. Transportation and logistics emerge as a potential growth scheme for cities and regions that seek to develop 'logistics clusters'. The analysis is based on the case of Jacksonville Florida, and the effort by public and private officials to identify and promote the maritime port as an engine of growth. This case study considers the efficacy of the growth machine model in understanding this urban development process as well as the limitations of this approach when applied to a development strategy based on the 'strategic coupling' of the urban economy with global supply chains under conditions of intense interport competition. The requirements of the port logistics sector for large-scale publicly financed infrastructure projects and the modification of the natural environment for commerce pose unique challenges and uncertainties for this development strategy

Business · Economics · Economies of scale · Economy · Geography · Globalization · Industrial organization · Market economy · Supply chain · Computer Science · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Engineering · Maritime Ports and Logistics · Urban and Freight Transport Logistics · Marketing

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