Speaker: Prof. César Ducruet
Time: 15th March, 2023 08:30 AM (GMT)
15th March, 2023 03:30 PM (Beijing Time)
Zoom Link
https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/95150249575?pwd=MmVCRUxFYVlxRnZGaGpWbmJLUitaUT09
Zoom ID: 951 5024 9575
Code: uz855a
Abstract:
Ports were recently coined the gateways of disease by historians of the sea. If such a vision is a widely researched theme in history, at times when ports carried not only the bulk of global trade but also most intercontinental flows of passengers, it is far less common nowadays in academics and in practice. This seminar will first insist on the gap between environmental and health studies. Rising environmental concerns do give ports a decent place in research, but health issues remain largely implicit and under-researched. Three main steps will compose our presentation. First, we will present how scholars treat the health dimension in their work on ports and port cities. Second, we will review how European port cities deal with pollution and other local impacts of ports and port-related activities, through individual and collective actions. Third, the correlations at stake between pollution, public health, traffic, and other socio-economic features will be introduced through a quantitative and comparative analysis focusing on port cities and port regions in the OECD area.
Short Bio:
César Ducruet, geographer, is senior researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is currently working at the EconomiX laboratory (Paris-Nanterre) on the local impact of contemporary maritime globalization. His research focuses on technological innovation, connectivity, employment, vulnerability, environment, and health issues in a port and port-city context. He is principal investigator of the ANR-funded research project Maritime Globalization, Network Externalities and Transport Impacts on Cities (MAGNETICS) (2023-2026). César has been expert for various international organizations (OECD, World Bank, WHO) and works regularly with numerous partners in Asia (Korea Maritime Institute, JETRO, ASEM, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ECNU, Fudan University, Shanghai Maritime University). His publications include two edited volumes on Maritime Networks (2015) and Shipping Data Analysis (2017) in the Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis. He is also associate member of porteconomics.eu, scientific board member of SFLOG, GIS Axe Seine, GDR OMER, RETE Association, international advisory board member of PortCityFutures, and editorial board member of Journal of Transport Geography, Maritime Business Review, International Journal of Transport Economics, and Portus.