ABSTRACT
The port is a window for the city-port development, the basis for the development of
regional economy and the safeguard for the development of national economy. Seeing
through the phylogeny of city-port all over the world, we can find that they are almost
thriving on the basis of the port flourishing. It is visible that the outstanding port-cities
are all abiding by the law such as New York, London, Rotterdam and so on. After
joining in the WTO, we will participate in the cycle of international trade and the
volume of international trade will increase sustainable. According to our statistics, the
export volume transports by sea occupied by 90%. And, 90% goods are served by
container. Thus, we believe the container service will be the trend. Shanghai port has an
advantageous geographical position, efficient port facilities. Now, its cargo handling
capacity has been the no 1 and the container services have been the no 2 in the world.
With the rapid growth of shanghai port, we want to know whether there is some
relationships between the port and port-city. The dissertation will focus on the city
development result from the port. Through qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis,
we find the cargo handling capacity has been the most important factor to contribute to
the city’s economy.
The structure of the paper has been summarized as follows:
At first, the first chapter introduced the study object and study significance. It is
focusing on what effect that shanghai port will lead to the city’s economy.
Secondly, we introduced the system theory of port economy, summarized the laws and
trends of port economy. In this chapter, we researched into the spatial evolution laws
between the port and port-city, meanwhile, we find the relationships between the ports
that located in the same port cluster, in addition to above researching results, we
concluded the general rules of the development of port and port-city. On the basis of
above study, we think the trend of port deployment should include three aspects: they
are the sustainable development, comparative advantage and a sector of supply chain.