Regional resilience and spatial cycles : long-term evolution of the Chinese port system (221bc–2010ad)

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

WANG, C.

Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, Chine

DUCRUET, C.

UMR Géographie-cités, Paris, France

Description :
This paper describes and analyses the changing spatial pattern of China's port system since the first unified empire (221BC) to 2010. It discusses the early importance of river ports and seaports and the development irregularities caused by periods of closure and openness over time and across such a large land mass. Main results underline a certain stability of the port system with regard to the location of main sea-river gateways, notwithstanding important regional shifts from one period to the other.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, issn : 0040-747X, 2013, vol. 104, n°. 5, p. 521-538, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 4 p.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap

Langue :
Anglais