查询13种外文数据库和76种外文期刊,依据文献的引用次数和可得性,遴选了1914至2010年间的521篇国外港口地理文献,通过梳理近百年的相关文献发现,效率评估、空间竞争、体系演化、港城互动、组织管理等构成了港口地理学研究的主要内容。在此基础上文章采用文献分析法,重点剖析了国外港口地理研究在研究成果、学者合作、研究区域和研究主题等方面的特点和新倾向。文章最后指出,随着全球化的不断深入和港口环境的深度变化,海向腹地、港口价值链、物流资源整合等新的领域将成为国外港口地理研究的新近趋向和前沿领域。
Based on the number of citations and literature available,the paper selects 521 foreign port geographical literatures from 1914 to 2010 by referring to 13 kinds of foreign databases and 76 kinds of abroad periodicals.By combing the past nearly a century literatures,we can see that efficiency assessment,spatial competition,system evolution,port-city interaction and management constitute the main contents of port geography research.Taaffe model,Hayuth model and port regionalization models are the typical representatives,and to some extent,they lead the research contents and development direction for the port geography.On this basis,using the common literature analysis methods,the paper specially analyses the new features and tendencies of foreign port geographical researches in research results,scholars' cooperation,research regions and research topics since the 1910 s.In terms of research results,foreign port geography has experienced three developing stages,such as slow growth before 1970,steady growth in 1971—2000 and rapid growth among 2001—2010 years.In research regions respect,Europe and Asia constitute the two main regions,in which the United States,Britain,Spain,China and Singapore are the major countries,and mainly concentrate in Rotterdam,Hong Kong,Busan,Antwerp,Singapore,Hamburg,Shanghai and other ports.Although the literature number of container transportation and management,supply chain trend and effect,logistic activities and value chain,supply chain integration of hinterland are fewer,it is the frontier in recent 20 years.Finally,the article points out that the fields of the foreland hinterland,port value chain and logistic resources integration will become the frontiers of Chinese port Geography with the deepening of globalization and the changing of port development environment.