Theo Notteboom is President of ITMMA (Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp) and is also affiliated with the Department of Transport and Regional Economics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, César Ducruet, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris-I Sorbonne University, France and Peter de Langen Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

'Ports in Proximity offers a theoretically inspired and empirically rich sample of papers on current issues such as port interaction, regionalization and co-operation. Ports are no longer considered territorially fixed entities but a complex assemblage of agents in the system of flows. This perspective is much appreciated.' Markus Hesse, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 'This book collects about 18 academic research papers to unravel the factors relevant to the dynamic development of ports in proximity in terms of their competition and coordination...Unlike previous works, the case-studies presented in this book are from different parts of the world, which provide readers a broader insight, from a regional to an international perspective. I found the contents of this book informative, and would recommend it to all serious Maritime Studies students and practitioners.' Maritime Policy & Management

• 1: Introduction; I: Conceptualization of Ports in Proximity; 2: Revisiting Inter-Port Relationships under the New Economic Geography Research Framework; 3: Ports in Proximity, Proximity in Ports: Towards a Typology; 4: Port Regions and Globalization; 5: Path Dependency and Contingency in the Development of Multi-port Gateway Regions and Multi-port Hub Regions; II: The Governance of Ports in Proximity; 6: Proximity and Port Governance; 7: Regional Integration and Maritime Range; 8: Does the EU Port Policy Strategy Encompass ‘Proximity'?; III: The North American Case: Corridors and Gateways; 9: Gateways are More than Ports: The Canadian Example of Cooperation among Stakeholders; 10: Port-hinterland Divergence along the North American Eastern Seaboard; 11: Competitiveness of Green Gateways: A Blueprint for Canada; IV: The European Case: Coordination in a Competitive Environment; 12: A Best Practice in Cross-border Port Cooperation: Copenhagen Malmö Port; 13: Rethinking Proximity: New Opportunities for Port Development. The Case of Dunkirk; 14: Italian Port Authorities Approaching the Post-reform: The Ligurian Case; 15: A Geographical Perspective on Port Performance in the United Kingdom, 1999–2007; 16: External Influences on the Humber Estuary Ports, the Largest Concentration of Port Activity in the UK; V: The Asian Case: Major Changes in Port Systems' Hierarchies; 17: Port Competition Paradigms and Japanese Port Clusters; 18: Port Challenge in Northeast Asia: Korea's Two-hub Port Strategy; 19: Hong Kong in Transition from a Hub Port City to a Global Supply Chain Management Centre