topology is elaborated along with further statistical patterns in the fashion of the weighted and directed network. The …

This paper revisits the classical issue of port-city relationships by applying for the first time network analytical … diminishing importance in world traffic, they have maintained their dominance in the network in terms of centrality and geographic …

literature. In this paper we characterise and study topological changes of the maritime trade network and how they translate into … navigability properties of this network. In order to do so we use tools from Graph Theory and Computer Science to describe the … maritime trade network at different points in time between 1890 and 2000, based on the data on daily movements of ships. We …