Winner of the 2021 WLA Awards – Student Awards – Award of Excellence in the Concept Design category
Maritime chokepoints are congestive waterways that define some of the world’s most frequented shipping channels. Due to narrow topography, these junctures result in the opportunity for bordering nations to act as gatekeepers of critical trade routes. The politicized nature of the passages results in unique spatial conditions that include an influx of port urbanization, global trade, and cross-border conflict. Trade demand governs planning practices and reinforces that no single spatial logic underlies development, leading to an inability to resolve a range of competing objectives for how these territories manifest beyond
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