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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 162-174 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | African Geographical Review |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 11 Sept 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2020 |
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.
Keywords
- Cape Town, Durban, gateway city, Johannesburg, oil and gas sector, value chain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Earth-Surface Processes
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In: African Geographical Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, 02.04.2020, p. 162-174.
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AU - Scholvin, Sören
N1 - Funding Information: A draft version of this article was presented at the Global Conference on Economic Geography in Cologne in July 2018. The author is grateful to Moritz Breul (University of Cologne), Peter Hall (Simon Fraser University) and Javier Diez (University of Cologne) for helpful suggestions.
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