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Direcţii generale în dezvoltarea oraşului-port contemporan
General directions in developing the contemporary port city

Author(s): Dragoş Horia Buhociu
Subject(s): Regional Geography
Published by: INCD URBAN-INCERC
Keywords: port-city; urban development; transport

Summary/Abstract: Port-cities are unique landmarks of the world commercial and social history, as crossroads of regional and world trade, assuring the transition between the coast and the hinterland, acting as transit hubs for goods, people and ideas. They evolved over time, following the humanity general evolution. Our present service-oriented economical systems no longer rely on the industrial port production from the past, while the technological services redefined the relationships between transport and port industries.

  • Issue Year: 2/2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 19-22
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Romanian