Ciudades y conectividad aérea en el sistema mundo: nodos consolidados y centros emergentes

Complex Gateways: The North Adriatic Port System in Historical Perspective

“…During these years, the two main sets of specialists interested in the history of seaports (maritime historians and urban historians) divided themselves into more specialized subgroups, losing sight of the greater picture. At the same time, economists began to look at ports (both sea-and airports) with new eyes, considering them not only as hubs for goods and trade flows, but also as possible cornerstones for the newly emerging knowledge economy (Conventz et al 2013;Conventz et al 2015;Díez-Pisonero 2020). In the theoretical literature, we can also appreciate a drift from the study of the "hard" portion of port competitiveness (infrastructures, spaces, technologies) to the "soft" one, with an increasing attention devoted to human resources, organization, the ability to improve and adapt to changing situations (Ng 2006), and the interrelations between port activities and urban constraints (Alpcan 2019).…”