The port space, which is composed of land area and water area, has produced various charatenstics on goods-distribution, manufacturing industry, human living and waterfront recreation.
This paper proposes a port space model applied to prodution function to explain port characteristics by some factors related on various stocks to port space.
As case study, the space characteristics of Port of Kashima are discussed through this model. As the result of case study, the propriety of this model has been confirmed.
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