Costa Rica has little experience in concessions and public-private partnerships (PPP), especially when it is compared…
Port Cities
The Open Sea as the Last Best Escape: Yachts and the freedom of the ocean
Seascapes In the summer, the Amalfi Coast offers gorgeous views of dangerously steep roads, narrow streets…
Spaces of Flows – Spaces of Friction: Planning the intersections
The recent flooding in Houston, Texas, caused by Hurricane Harvey, underscores the need for citizens, politicians,…
Oil in Oil (and Other Art Media): Painting the Petroleum Port
The oil industry depends on water both for the refining process and for transportation, so many…
Ciudades puerto: tres reflexiones sobre cómo potenciar ciudades de cara al agua
El acelerado proceso de urbanización a nivel mundial, ha dado lugar a una era en la…
Universities and Ports Cities: Stumbling Block, Place Filler or Innovation Hub?
In 1911, under the aegis of Hamburg’s General Lecture system, an academic lecture hall was inaugurated…
Writing Port Cities
In Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino famously imagined Marco Polo describing imaginary cities to Kublai Khan. Reflecting…
PROCIP: Methodological experiences for the scientific approach to the port city
When the PROCIP began to organize the maritime-port symposia in 2009, we took note on the…
Professional and Academic Conferences on Port Cities: Connecting Past, Present, and Future
In cities with and without major ports, from Hamburg to Lisbon, from Paris to Barcelona, from…
El nuevo canal de Panamá y las ciudades portuarias de su entorno
La inauguración de la ampliación del canal de Panamá está prevista para el año 2016. Esta…
Efectos de las nuevas obras en Suez y Panamá sobre puertos y ciudades
Son numerosos los canales y vías de navegación en el mundo que favorecen, y a la…
Temporalities of the Port, the Waterfront and the Port City
On-time delivery, rapid turnaround, commodity flows: maritime logistics is geared to speed and depends on global…