Articulating the regional economy: Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg as gateways to Africa
Articulating the regional economy: Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg as gateways to Africa
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阐明区域经济：开普敦、德班和约翰内斯堡作为通往非洲的门户
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Sören Scholvin
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作者：
Sören Scholvin
摘要 引用对于价值链至关重要。作为“门户”，它们将内陆地区连接起来。基于二手资料和广泛采访的数据，本文解释了开普敦、德班和约翰内斯堡如何对参与石油和天然气行业的多家公司发挥重要作用，成为物流中心、工业加工场所、企业控制和服务提供地点和/或知识产生地。除了产生实证见解之外，本文还提出了网关概念。它呼吁更好地认识城市的多元化世界，因为它表明开普敦、德班和约翰内斯堡都是门户，但它们的方式不同。
ABSTRACT Cites are vital for value chains. Serving as ‘gateways’, they interlink hinterland locations. Based on data from secondary sources and extensive interviews, the article explains how Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg play essential roles for several firms involved in the oil and gas sector, being logistics hubs, sites of industrial processing, locations of corporate control and service provision, and/or places where knowledge is generated. Beyond generating empirical insights, the article advances the gateway concept. It calls for better recognizing the diverse world of cities, as it shows that Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg are all gateways, but they are so in different ways.