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Journal Article 
The emergence of postmodernism on the urban waterfront: Geographical perspectives on changing relationships 
Bassett, K; Hoare, T; Norcliffe, G 
1996 
1 
Journal of Transport Geography
ISSN: 0966-6923 
4 
2 
123-134 
As well attested to in the recent literature, the relationships between the port and urban functions of ‘cityports’ have altered dramatically over time. This paper first reviews some features of this changing relationship. Second, it considers how, just as the rise of ‘Fordism’ may find reflections in the movement of ports out of cities, so its cultural successor — postmodernism — helps us to understand the reoccupation of the derelict urban waterfronts by a range of ‘new’ land uses, as illustrated in the third part of this paper. Within this general transformation process three specific cityport themes are identified. 
postmodernism; urban waterfront; changing port and urban functions