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Modern ports: A UK policy - Annex 2: Case studies

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Table of contents

  • 1. Aberdeen
  • A record-breaking start
  • The modern era
  • The Harbour Board and development
  • Environment, education and community
  • The future
  • 2. Bristol
  • Origins, growth, decline and renewal
  • Regeneration
  • Training
  • The future
  • 3. Harwich
  • The Harwich Haven Authority
  • Expansion of Felixstowe
  • Minimising environmental damage
  • 4. The Humber Ports
  • A vital centre for trade and shipping
  • Working to protect the environment
  • Local conservation initiatives
  • Planning for the future
  • 5. Ipswich
  • Origins
  • Changing patterns of trade
  • Investment by new management
  • Recent developments
  • The future
  • 6. Mersey: Twelve Quays
  • Regeneration
  • Location and access
  • Developing markets
  • The future
  • 7. Poole
  • Background
  • The Poole Harbour Aquatic Management Plan
  • 8. Sullom Voe
  • Choosing the site
  • The effects on local people
  • Enlightened legislation
  • Maintaining a clean environment
  • Traffic and pilotage
  • Setting limits
  • 9. Tyne
  • The decline of traditional industries
  • Regeneration
  • The changing role of the port authority
  • 10. Whitehaven
  • From fishing village to boom town
  • Decline
  • Regeneration
  • 11. Workington
  • Seventeenth century origins
  • Regeneration
  • Future plans
  • Next

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