PORT CITY TYPES
What kind of formal examples are there - historic or
contemporary - that exemplify the different types of harbor
cities?
GROUP 1_ Alina Boris, Marie Bossard, James Gantley & Erno Laakso
Definition
1| A place on a waterway with facilities for loading and unloading ships.
2| A city or town on a waterway with such facilities.
3| The waterfront district of a city.
Port." The Free Dictionary. Farlex, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016. <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/port>.
What do we know?
1| It’s an area with specialized
facilities
FUNCTIONS
2| It’s man-made; not found in 3| It holds a vital connection to
waterfronts.
nature
PLANNING & TIME PERIOD
CATEGORIZING PORTS
LOCATION
Functions
What is the function of the port that characterizes the port city?
Usually a port city does not purely represent only one of these functions but combines aspects from two or more.
CARGO
PASSENGER
MILITARY
SYMBOLIC
Functions
CARGO FUNCTION:
ROTTERDAM
- City: 624 710 inhabitants
- Largest container port in Europe
- 8,281 thousand TEU / year
Functions
CARGO FUNCTION:
ROTTERDAM
- City: 624 710 inhabitants
- Largest container port in Europe
- 8,281 thousand TEU / year
Functions
PASSENGER FUNCTION:
CALAIS
- City: 72 589 inhabitants (2012)
- 5th largest passenger port in Europe (2011)
- Port accounting more than ⅓ of economic activity of the city
Functions
MILITARY FUNCTION:
TOULON
- City: 165,514 inhabitants (2008)
- Base of the French Mediterranean navy
- Home to industry that supports the military functions
Functions
SYMBOLIC FUNCTION:
ST. PETERSBURG
- City: 5,191,690 inhabitants (2015)
- Originally the only Russian seaport operable at winter
- Built as a new capital in the early 1700’s to emphasize Russia’s
position as a major power in Europe
Planning Formal or informal port city planning
Formal Port City Planning
Port areas that are legally planned through zoning processes to determine the boundaries of specific activities and follow government and marine laws.
Determine the spatial relationship between the port itself with the rest of the urban tissue.
Ducruet, Dr. Ceasar. "Economic Development Paths of Port-cities: Specialization vs. Diversification." OECD Seminar. Paris, 14 June 2011. Lecture.
Planning Formal Port City Planning | Singapore
Planning Formal or informal port city planning
Planning Formal or informal port city planning
Planning Formal or informal port city planning
Informal Port City Planning
Port areas that are unable or are unwilling to following marine or government laws.
It’s formation can be spontaneous or through the formation of “pirate havens” which are prone to illicit activities such as formations of black
markets, illegal human trafficking and drug smuggling.
Indonesia
Tortuga Island, Haiti
Planning Formal or informal port city planning
Informal Port City Planning
Port areas that are unable or are unwilling to following marine or government laws.
Also known as Pirate Havens and are prone to illicit activities such as formations of black markets, illegal human trafficking and drug smuggling.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Time Period
Developed from ancient civilizations` settlements
Chinese – Nanjing, Greek – Athens and Piraeus, Roman/Byzantine – Alexandria, Venice,
Istanbul (Constantinople), Port of Colombo (Port of Kolomtota in Sri Lanka)
London, UK
(est. in mid-Ist century)
Time Period
Developed from medieval settlement/fortress
Bergen (Norway), Antwerp (Belgium), Stockholm (Sweden), Busan (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan)
Hamburg, Germany
was found in VIII century
Time Period
Established during the Age of Discovery (XVI – XVIII centuries)
New York, Boston, Havana, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Jakarta, Sydney etc
Time Period
Rapidly developed during European colonial period (XV-XX centuries)
British East India Company: Mumbai (Bombay), Canton (Guangzhou), Singapore, Liverpool, Port Klang;
Portugese Empire – Macau (Macao); France – Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon); Shanghai
Hong Kong and Kowloon
founded in III century BC; 1841 – cession of HK and Kowloon to Great Britain,
1898-1997 – lease agreement between China and Great Britain
Time Period
Developed in XX century
Dubai (UAE), Incheon, Changwon (South Korea), Shenzhen, Fuzhou (China), Antofagasta (Chile),
Los Angeles (USA), Laem Chabang (Thailand), Vancouver (Canada), Taipei (Taiwan)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seaport was established in 1976
Location
Sea Harbour
River Harbour
Lake Harbour
Location
SEA PORT CITY: MARSEILLE
Location
SEA PORT CITY: MARSEILLE
Location
SEA PORT CITY: MARSEILLE
Location
RIVER PORT CITY: DUISBURG
Location
RIVER PORT CITY: DUISBURG
Location
LAKE PORT CITY: CHICAGO
Location
LAKE PORT CITY: CHICAGO
Conclusion
Functions
Cargo
Passenger
Military
Symbolic
Planning
Formal
Informal
Developed from ancient civilizations` settlements
PORT CITY
Developed from medieval settlement/fortress
Time Period
Established during the Age of Discovery (XVI – XVIII)
Rapidly developed during European colonial period (XV-XX)
Developed in XX century
Location
Sea
River
Lake
Conclusion | Turku
Function:
Passenger / cargo
- Most importance as a
passenger port
- 2,71 million passengers and
2,2 million tons of cargo in 2015
Conclusion | Turku
Planning: Formal
Conclusion | Turku
Planning: Formal
Conclusion | Turku
Time period: Developed from medieval settlement/fortress
Castle was established
in XIII century
Conclusion | Turku
Location:
Sea / River