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THE REVIVAL OF FRANCE'S PORT CITIES
Author(s) -
BAUDOUIN THIERRY,
COLLIN MICHELE
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1998.tb01564.x
Subject(s) - port (circuit theory) , scope (computer science) , pace , economy , the renaissance , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , power (physics) , political science , economic history , economics , engineering , history , geography , linguistics , electrical engineering , art history , programming language , philosophy , physics , geodesy , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
Port cities the world over have been subjected to huge and rapid transformations by events in the international arena, and France is no exception. This situation has triggered a readjustment of the balance of power within French port cities, the pace and scope of which is insufficient compared to the scale of the exogenous changes. This imbalance is probably die most striking aspect of die process of adaptation to changing conditions visible in France's port cities today. We will begin by analysing die challenges, at the end of die Fordist era, to die French government's strategic choices, i.e., die development of the nation's ports with a domestic and industrial bias. This period was then followed by a policy of European integration, with a fundamentally continental emphasis. We will go on to outline die beginnings of a renaissance of France's port cities due firstly to die initiatives of die local audiorities, and die renewed interest they have shown in their ports and their economic potential, and secondly to die new relationship forged between die State and private sectors in die domain of port activity.