ABSTRACT
Using the port of Hirtshals, Denmark as a case, the author shows how the same place is being perceived and (e)valuated very differently concerning scale-dependent points of view. Based primarily on interviews and document analysis, it is revealed how local citizens in the case of Hirtshals appreciate a strong community as well as physical vicinity and easy access to nature and the surrounding landscapes, whereas politicians, businesses and other stakeholders operating on a municipal, regional or national level often assess the same place more as a strategic node in a global network. Thus, the chapter concerns the consequences of investments and priorities made on larger scales to the local environment. The author questions the correlation between global mobility and local places and asks for whom value is created. It is argued that a greater awareness of the differences is key in the professional mobile management of places and that it is important to identify and work with potentials of both mobility and place-specific concerns to develop such places in a viable way. This chapter contributes to unfolding knowledge on how place managers can cope with the challenges of managing global flows to provide liveable local places in the future.
