ABSTRACT
The chapter starts by identifying the four main challenges and opportunities of the port-city interface, related to land use, environmental impacts, traffic and the economy. It develops these further and provide in each field policies that have been applied and proven to be successful. The chapter focuses on land use in port-cities and will cover port relocations and redevelopment of port areas. The urban areas most closely located to port areas suffer in many cases from environmental impacts from ports. The environmental impacts of ports can be related to the shipping activity in a port, the activity on the port land itself and the environmental impacts of hinterland transport to and from ports. The main impact falls on air emissions, water quality, soil, waste, biodiversity and noise. These environmental impacts can have severe consequences for the health of the population of the port-city, especially for the poorer parts of port-cities.
