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Ziadah, Rafeef (2017) 'Constructing a logistics space: perspectives form the Gulf Cooperation Council.' Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 36 (4). pp. 666-682.

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Abstract

Development plans across the Gulf Cooperation Council emphasise logistical infrastructure as a driver of economic diversification. Investments in maritime ports, roads, rail, airports and logistics cities are transforming the economic geography of the region. This study aims to make visible this neglected aspect of the physical transformation of the Gulf Cooperation Council with a focus on the understudied maritime container ports in Oman and Qatar. Shifting the analysis to emergent maritime logistical infrastructure at a regional level gives insight into the uneven developments within the Gulf Cooperation Council’s integration project. Three key features emerge: (a) a large degree of duplication in maritime port infrastructure across Gulf Cooperation Council states; (b) a regional hierarchy among Gulf Cooperation Council states that are resource rich and those dependent on public–private partnerships and (c) increasing competition among internationally dominant port operators looking to gain access to the Gulf Cooperation Council maritime port market. These features both reflect and reinforce competitive tensions within the regional integration project.

Item Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Gulf Cooperation Council, logistics, infrastructure, ports, Oman, Qatar
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Politics & International Studies
ISSN: 02637758
Copyright Statement: © The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775817742916
Date Deposited: 04 Nov 2017 18:48
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/24738
Related URLs: https://doi.org ... 263775817742916 (Publisher URL)
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council

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