Project

Delta Port Urbanism - towards a new buzz in global networks

Code
01N00114
Duration
01 January 2014 → 31 January 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Economic development, innovation, technological change and growth
  • Engineering and technology
    • Urban and regional design, development and planning
Keywords
Eurodelta evolutionaire economic geography adaptive institutionalization Actor-relational planning co-evolution
 
Project description

An economic, political and spatial analysis towards a renewed interaction between the current city-port developments, based on the Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEC), and the actor-relational planning approach. Investigation into the 'local buzz' in 'global maritime pipelines' in the Delta of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt in general, and Ghent, in relation to the Flemish and Zeeland seaports in particular.