Abstract
The relationships Malaga has established with its port have changed over the centuries, conjuring up a variety of scenarios and circumstances. The past and present are closely linked phenomena in this case study where the porosity of the port‐city fabric has marked the city’s development and constitutes a key issue in the current and future challenges it faces. Malaga provides a particularly interesting example of a post‐industrial city that has reopened its port to its inhabitants’ acclaim while maintaining port activity. However, the growth tourism has seen in recent years has come to dominate the local economy. Cruise ships have taken on a significant role and have brought about important changes in the dynamics and flows between the port and the city, unsettling the balance between the two. This profile explores port‐city development through the lens of boundaries and flows, demonstrating how their dynamics have determined Malaga’s spatial, functional, and social development over time and how they continue to do so to this day. This article reviews the transformations the city has undergone and its future opportunities to achieve a balanced and sustainable port‐city relationship.
Highlights
As described by Walter Benjamin in the chap‐ ter dedicated to Naples in his book “In One Way Street and Other Writings” (Benjamin, 1985), provides a ref‐ erence to understand urban space as a result of pro‐ cesses of appropriation and encounter (Sennett, 1995)
The porosity of the port‐city fabric has marked the development of the port city of Malaga and constitutes a key issue in the current and future challenges it faces
The port‐city ana‐ lysis conducted by Andrade Marqués et al (2012) placed Malaga within the international context of waterfronts, positively highlighting the quality of its public spaces to deal with the powerful combination of leisure and enter‐ tainment which characterises the city
Summary
As described by Walter Benjamin in the chap‐ ter dedicated to Naples in his book “In One Way Street and Other Writings” (Benjamin, 1985), provides a ref‐ erence to understand urban space as a result of pro‐ cesses of appropriation and encounter (Sennett, 1995). The organisation and functioning of the port city has been, and continues to be, the sub‐ ject of study for experts in many disciplines (Breen & Rigby, 1994, 1996; Bruttomesso, 1991; Casariego, 1999; Chaline, 1991; Costa et al, 2013; Daamen & Vries, 2013; Ducruet, 2007; Fleming & Hayuth, 1994; Gastaldi & Camerin, 2020; Hall, 1992; Hein, 2011; Hoyle, 2000; Hoyle & Pinder, 1992; Marshall, 2001; Meyer, 1990), who have focused on highlighting the relationship between the city and its port to describe and understand its config‐ uration from an analysis of its various urban transforma‐ tions; the functional evolution of the activities they host; the intensity and growth of economic and spatial rela‐ tionships; the balances between centrality and nodality of the port‐city relationship matrix over time; the water‐ front adaptation to climate change; along with other issues. The presence of these two ports had a crucial influence on the urban development of the city, from its Phoenician roots to the Roman Era and beyond
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