The relational geometry of the port-city interface: Case studies of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Ghent, Belgium

Berghe, Karel Van den; Jacobs, Wouter; Boelens, Luuk

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.05.013

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“…Herein lies, first, the reason why both the municipalities Amsterdam ( Figure A3, and Utrecht ( Figure A4, 14-34) focus on housing, the latter also on creative industry ( Figure A4, 13-31), within their zoning plans related to circularity. Second, it explains the existence and the conflict between the two discourse variants of circular space as a location from the municipality of Amsterdam, and the circular organization of space from the port of Amsterdam (Figure A3, [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. The conflict between the two discourse-variants in Amsterdam is well illustrated by the recent name change from the port of Amsterdam to the port for Amsterdam [69].…”

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“…A discourse-institutional analysis puts these apart and focuses thus on the institutional dynamics emerging out of new narratives that become institutionalized and eventually influence our social practices and outcomes [14,48]. These ideas are part of the critical realist perspective, assuming there is a 'real world out there', enabling us to analytically distinguish discourse and institutional practice ('analytical duality') [49].…”

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“…All kinds of labor profiles will be needed, from highly skilled financial advisors to waste collectors. Lastly, the geostrategic aspect of the CE is increasingly stressed [14]. A CE has not yet been realized, because the needed innovative processes are not yet available [15].…”

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Circular Area Design or Circular Area Functioning? A Discourse-Institutional Analysis of Circular Area Developments in Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands

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The hypothesis of this paper is that the circular economy (CE) has the potential to (re)balance the conflict within urban spatial planning between ‘place as a location’ and the ‘organization of space’. The former dominates the latter following a shift from a Fordist towards a finance and real-estate driven regime. A consequence is that existing manufacturing areas are increasingly transformed into residential and commercial areas. However, this conflicts with the rationale of CE, namely that to end the linear economy, externalized activities, such as the (re)manufacturing of waste, should be internalized again, especially within urban regions. Emphasized by the EU, The Netherlands have the ambition to become fully circular in 2050. To test our hypothesis, we focus on two ongoing circular area developments in Amsterdam and Utrecht. By performing a discourse-institutional analysis, we detect in both case studies a change in discourse towards CE. Our results show that in contrast to our hypothesis, the concept of circularity is not emphasizing the ‘organization of space’, but even accelerating ‘space as a location’, increasingly transforming urban industrial areas into circular built residential and commercial areas. We conclude with spatial policy recommendations regarding the ambitions of a future CE.

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Circular Area Design or Circular Area Functioning? A Discourse-Institutional Analysis of Circular Area Developments in Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands

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“…The third part proposes the development theory of port cities and explains the development stages of port cities based on the quantitative intensity features or changes of port-cityconnections. Examples in this regard include Guo and Han who proposed a port-cityspatial evolution model [33], and Karel et al who proposed a method for analyzing port-cityconnection mechanisms [34].…”

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Driving Mechanism of Port-City Spatial Relation Evolution from an Ecological Perspective: Case Study of Xiamen Port of China

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With the economic globalization continuing to advance, coastal port cities have enjoyed increasingly prominent status and roles as the link between the sea and the land and an important window of foreign trade and exchanges. However, port cities, while embracing rapid development, have also produced a significant impact on natural resources and the ecological environment. Ecological environment protection has become a must-consider factor for sustainable development of port cities. To secure coordinated and sustainable development of ports and cities, this paper utilizes the system dynamics theory and approaches the subject from driver analysis. In the traditional port-city collaboration system model, indicators of ecological perspectives such as land resources and environmental protection are introduced to build a dynamic model for the spatial evolution system of port-city coupling system based on ecological protection, and the dynamic mechanism of port-city spatial relation evolution is analyzed in depth with a case study of Dongdu Port Area of Xiamen Port. The model’s simulation results show that from an ecological perspective, the spatial distance between the port and the city is critical to their sustainable and coordinated development. Only after the port-city spatial distance increases moderately can the development efficiency of the port-city system welcomes a relatively significant increase. Managing the port-city distance well has a significant driving effect on capacity enhancement of the port and economic development of the city. This provides a theoretical reference for further studies on port-city coordinated and sustainable development and provides constructive suggestions for the government to make relevant decisions.

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“…Ng et al, 2014), and has recently been explored (Hesse, 2017;Van den Berghe, Jacobs, & Boelens, 2018). After a short introduction of the relational approach (see section 2), this chapter tries to figure out if and how to deal with the bias we encounter 'between'/'within' the port city, better known as the (relational) port-city interface (Hoyle, 1989;Van den Berghe, 2018;Van den Berghe et al, 2018). Therefore, this chapter's research question is: Is there a better way to understand the port-city interface, and, if so, what policy recommendations does this imply?…”

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From Planning the Port/City to Planning the Port-City: Exploring the Economic Interface in European Port Cities

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2020

European Port Cities in Transition

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In last three decades, planning agencies of most ports have institutionally evolved into a (semi-) independent port authority. The rationale behind this process is that port authorities are able to react more quickly to changing logistical and spatial preferences of maritime firms, hence increasing the competitiveness of ports. Although these dedicated port authorities have proven to be largely successful, new economic, social, and environmental challenges are quickly catching up on these port governance models, and particularly leads to (spatial) policy 'conflicts' between port and city. This chapter starts by assessing this conflict and argue that the conflict is partly a result of dominantoften also academic-spatial representations of the port city as two separate entities. To escape this divisive conception of contemporary port cities, this chapter presents a relational visualisation method that is able to analyse the economic interface between port and city. Based on our results, we reflect back on our proposition and argue that the core challenge today for researchers and policy makers is acknowledging the bias of port/city, being arguably a self-fulfilling prophecy. Hence, we turn the idea of (planning the) port/city conflicts into planning the port-city's strengths and weaknesses.

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The relational geometry of the port-city interface: Case studies of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Ghent, Belgium

Cited by 35 publications

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Circular Area Design or Circular Area Functioning? A Discourse-Institutional Analysis of Circular Area Developments in Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands

Circular Area Design or Circular Area Functioning? A Discourse-Institutional Analysis of Circular Area Developments in Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands

Driving Mechanism of Port-City Spatial Relation Evolution from an Ecological Perspective: Case Study of Xiamen Port of China

From Planning the Port/City to Planning the Port-City: Exploring the Economic Interface in European Port Cities

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