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AIVP and MedCruise sign MoU for sustainable port cities and cruises

AIVP, the Worldwide Network of Port Cities, and MedCruise, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports, […]

Municipality of Port Louis and Mauritius Ports Authority: Working Together for a Sustainable Future

The port is increasingly a leading economic and urban stakeholder. The relationship between the city […]

Valparaíso (Chile): involving the citizens in the development of the port

Valparaiso is one of the best-known cities in Chile, for its history, its heritage buildings, […]

Governance commitments for sustainable port cities

Today, it is unquestionable that reaching a sustainable development model for our society, respecting the earth boundaries is (or should be) our main goal. Global initiatives like the SDGs and the AIVP Agenda 2030, inspire and impulse different actors towards this greater goal. But talking is easier than doing, and there are governance challenges along the way, as Prof. Peter Hall shows us in this article. In the coming weeks we will focus on port-city governance processes to learn more about the difficulties that may emerge and the different solutions that ports and cities found to continue this path towards sustainable development.

Preparing Ports and Port Cities for Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation

Ports city territories are at the front-line of climate change adaptation. In this article, Prof. Austin Becker briefly presents the challenges and how combining different approaches will be necessary to increase the resiliency of these coastal regions.

“Women and Children first!” Or: Where are the women in the maritime world?

When we look at maritime practices and port cities through history, we see a largely male world. There have been some changes, but there is still a lot of work to be done in the port city and maritime world and AIVP can play a key role in promoting and establishing gender equality.

Flood Risk Management in the port of Rotterdam

In this article, Mr. Marc Eisma, advisor for environmental management in the port of Rotterdam, explains in more detail the port’s adaptation strategy and key measures.

Casablanca: the advantage of the City Port

A highly ambitious development programme is currently under way in Casablanca’s port district. The challenge is to gradually transform this interface with the city, and its obsolete port functions, into a vibrant living space and a major international destination. But how? The question goes to the heart of Goal 8 of the AIVP 2030 Agenda, which is why were keen to talk to Mr Imad BARRAKAD, CEO of SMIT, the Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development

Building with nature: solutions for adapting to climate change in the City Port areas

Building with Nature: port city territories responding to climate change with Nature-based Solutions

Port-city interface: the melting pot of the port-city relationship

In this dossier, we will learn about what several AIVP members are doing to plan a better port-city interface and the challenges they may have found along the way.

Japan’s first urban cable car will be open in Yokohama in April, in the redeveloped…

Port aesthetics matter. What can we learn from Oslo?

Port aesthetics matter. What can we learn from Oslo? Port of Oslo is perhaps the first and only port to develop aesthetic guidelines for development of a port.