Mediterranean Port Cities and their Hinterland: Evolution of Trans-Mediterranean Commerce and Culture Exchange – a challenge for Euro-Mena Cooperation (12 April 2018)
Project Design and Coordinators: Professor Raymond Saner, University of Basle & CSEND Geneva
Professor Lichia Yiu, Centre for Socio-Economic Development, Geneva
Overview
Port cities are facing today new challenges related to environmental management and the management of territorial conflicts (conflicting uses of coastal space, conflicts for the allocation of coastal resources, etc.). As a consequence, environmental and territorial policies and management arrangements at a variety of scales (local, regional, national and international) are becoming mandatory strategic consideration for port cities and their coastal regions. In particular, for ports, the capability to cooperate at regional scale and that of promoting innovation in technological and organizational issues are as much factors shaping their success as are traditional forces of competition.