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Measuring the quality of port hinterland accessibility- The Ligurian case
Traditionally,distancewasconsideredtheparameterthatcouldbetterreflecttheeconomicinfluenceofa
seaportonland.Containerisationandintermodalityprogressivelyerodedsuchaparadigmandcurrently
distance becameonlyoneofthefactorsacrosstheoverall‘‘equation’’.Inthisrespect,afundamentalroleis
played bytheeffectivenessofinlandconnections.Thebettertheconnectionofaporttothevariousinland
markets,thebiggerthepotentialtoenlargeitsoverallcaptivearea.Furthermore,thehigherthe‘‘frictions’’
(bottlenecks,delays,etc.)forreachingthehinterland,thelowertheinlandtrafficflows.
The majorpurposeofthepaperistomeasurecontainertrafficdiversionfromLigurianports(Genoa,La
SpeziaandSavona)tothemainItalianandEuropeancompetitors.
The applicationofagravitymodelwillrevealthecurrentroleofdistanceindrawinghinterlandmarket
share amongtheselectedports.Moreover,forevaluatingtheunexploitedpotentialitiesofLigurianports,
we comparedrealtrafficflowswiththeoutcomesofaspatialinteractionmodel,reassigninginland
containerflowstothedifferentsampledports.Thecalculationofthetrafficdeltathroughagapanalysis,
allowedmeasuringthe‘‘frictions’’thwartingtheconnectivitybetweentheLigurianportsandthesampled
hinterlandregions.Finally,thepaperdiscussesthenatureandthereasonsfortheabovetrafficdiversion.
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A new governance perspective on port–hinterland relationships: the port hinterland impact (PHI) matrix | Vol. 16, 3, 229–249 | id |