i ERSA 39 TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS 1999 Session: Accessibility and the Atlantic Arc Title: Improving Accessibility of Portuguese Coastal Regions Authors: Viegas, José Patrícia, Figueira CESUR, Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon, Portugal Table1. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................... I 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 2. ACCESSIBILITY AND PERIPHERY ....................................................................................................... 2 2.1 PROPOSED INDICATORS FOR MEASURING ACCESSIBILITY ............................................................................. 3 3. ACCESSIBILITY OF PORTUGUESE COASTAL REGIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF IBERIAN REGIONS (NUTS II) ........................................................................................................................................... 4 3.1. PRESENT SITUATION .................................................................................................................................. 4 3.1.1 Main Assumptions ........................................................................................................................... 4 3.1.2 Analysis of the Results Obtained for Demographic Accessibility Indicator of Iberian NUTS II ........ 5 3.2 IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY: TWO SYNERGETIC GOALS ................................................................................. 6 3.2.1 The role of Ports in the Trans-European Network ............................................................................ 8 4. POTENTIAL OF COASTAL SHIPPING IN THE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT OF PORTUGUESE COASTAL REGIONS .............................................................................................................. 9 4.1 THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF COASTAL SHIPPING .................................................................................... 9 4.2 MAIN PORTS FOR CONTAINER TRAFFIC: LISBON AND LEIXÕES, AND SINES IN THE FUTURE........................... 10 4.3 COASTAL SHIPPING VS ROAD TRANSPORT: A TRAVEL TIME COMPARISON AND CONSIDERATION OF SHIPPING COSTS AND VALUES OF TIME............................................................................................................................... 10 5. CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................................................ 13 6. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 14