TY - BOOK ID - 1487530 TI - Shipping and ports in the twenty-first century : globalization, technological change and the environment PY - 2004 VL - 6 SN - 0415283442 0203599780 041565419X 1280078073 0203496418 0429233558 1134455887 9780203496411 9780415283441 9786610078073 6610078076 9781134455881 9781134455836 1134455836 9781134455874 1134455879 9780415654197 PB - London: Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Globalization. KW - Harbors. KW - Shipping. KW - Technological innovations. KW - Sea transport. Seaports KW - Breakthroughs, Technological KW - Innovations, Industrial KW - Innovations, Technological KW - Technical innovations KW - Technological breakthroughs KW - Technological change KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - Harbours KW - Ports KW - Seaports KW - Marine shipping KW - Marine transportation KW - Maritime shipping KW - Ocean KW - Ocean traffic KW - Ocean transportation KW - Sea transportation KW - Shipping industry KW - Water transportation KW - Economic aspects KW - Creative ability in technology KW - Inventions KW - Domestication of technology KW - Innovation relay centers KW - Research, Industrial KW - Technology transfer KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Channels (Hydraulic engineering) KW - Hydraulic structures KW - Terminals (Transportation) KW - Communication and traffic KW - Marine service KW - Transportation KW - Merchant marine KW - Shipping KW - Harbors KW - Globalization KW - Technological innovations KW - Anchorages (Harbors) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1487530 AB - Shipping and port systems are vital to societies and lifestyles around the world. In the late twentieth century, however, assumptions concerning the robustness of these systems were severely shaken by economic shocks triggered by oil crises. This volume explores how many of the consequent uncertainties have been resolved, and how adapted systems have been shaped to meet the challenges of the new millennium. To explore these issues, contributors focus on issues such as:· economic integration of emerging economies - in particular China· sectors as diverse as the high-speed ferry and ER -