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Restructuring Governance of New Zealand Seaports: Geographical Impacts of Corporatisation
Author(s) -
Memon Ali,
Milne Markus J.,
Selsky John W.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2004.tb01709.x
Subject(s) - port (circuit theory) , restructuring , deregulation , context (archaeology) , economic geography , mandate , globalization , corporate governance , politics , economy , business , regional science , international trade , geography , political science , economics , market economy , finance , engineering , law , electrical engineering , archaeology
This study examines the rationales for and geographical outcomes of the post 1988 changes in port governance in New Zealand and their implications from a policy perspective. The study offers insights into the interrelationship between global processes and local places in the context of economic deregulation, a devolved infrastructure planning mandate and intra‐industry competitive dynamics. A trend towards port concentration consequent on globalisation has been long recognised in the international literature. In New Zealand, the trend towards port concentration can be described as selective, limited primarily to import trade while export trade is more dispersed. This new port geography is part of wider political and socio‐economic development geographies of the national and global hinterlands and forelands these ports interact with.