Documentation

The development of the work is based on an inductive process that aims to generate new useful and critical knowledge about the subject of the work: the port of the future. Starting from the particular situation of the city of Valencia and its port, fifteen preliminary ideas are developed, grouped in five work areas as a starting point for the research.

The development is approached with an exploratory perspective supported by academic research and semi-structured interviews with the testimonies.

• The academic research is designed as a documentary review of the literature in the five areas previously identified, always establishing the relationship between these and ports or maritime fronts. Consult the research document, which can be downloaded. This research makes it possible to identify the main challenges and current trends affecting each of the subject areas in relation to the reality of ports or port facilities.
• The semi-structured interviews are the tool to broaden the focus and generate a reflection that develops the exploration. As a general structure, four blocks are foreseen to deepen with each of the statements the challenges and the current situation of the ports (1), the actions or proposals that are currently being implemented (2), the wishes for the future (3) and a final summary of the main ideas (4). You can read the documentation of the individual interviews in the “Experts” section of this website.

The results obtained have been summarised into the fifteen core ideas of this thesis, with the arguments for each of the areas that are the result of the research linked to the quotes from the different interviews that support them.