Maritime Networks

Spatial structures and time dynamics

César Ducruet (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)

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English

Routledge
09 October 2015

International trade; Shipping industries; Human geography; Maritime & nautical trades

Series: Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Maritime transport is one of the most ancient supports to human interactions across history and it still supports more than 90% of world trade volumes today. The changing connectivity of maritime networks is of crucial importance to port, transport, and economic development and planning. The way ports, terminals, but also cities, regions and countries, are connected with each other through maritime flows is not well-known and difficult to represent and measure, even for the transport actors themselves. There is a strong, urgent need for reviewing the relevant theories, concepts, methods, and sources that can be mobilized for the analysis of maritime networks.

With contributions from reputable scholars from all over the world, this book investigates the analysis of maritime flows and networks from diverse disciplinary angles going across archaeology, history, geography, regional science, economics, mathematics, physics, and computer sciences. Based on a vast array of methods, such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS), spatial analysis, complex networks, modelling, and simulation, it addresses several crucial issues related with port hierarchy; route density; modal interdependency; network robustness and vulnerability; traffic concentration and seasonality; technological change and urban/regional economic development. This book examines new evidence about how socio-economic trends are reflected (but also influenced) by maritime flows and networks, and about the way this knowledge can support and enhance decision-making in relation to the development of ports, supply chains, and transport networks in general.

This book is an ideal companion to anyone interested in the network analysis of transport systems and economic systems in general, as well as the effective ways to analyse large datasets to answer complex issues in transportation and socio-economic development.

Edited by: César Ducruet (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne France)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9781138911253
ISBN 10: 1138911259
Series: Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 09 October 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

César Ducruet is research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, France.