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Breul, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0002-0322-0987 and Diez, Javier Revilla ORCID: 0000-0003-2065-1380 (2018). An intermediate step to resource peripheries: The strategic coupling of gateway cities in the upstream oil and gas GPN. Geoforum, 92. S. 9 - 18. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1872-9398

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Abstract

The actual extraction of natural resources is territorially tied to their geological occurrence. However, previous studies have shown that a direct strategic coupling with commodity source regions has become increasingly uncommon in the context of the contemporary organization of extractive industries. Instead, extractive Global Production Networks (GPNs) create an 'intermediate' step and bundle their activities in so called 'gateway cities' outside the resource periphery, from where they integrate the latter. Understanding the underlying rationales and the explicit functions that make these cities essential for the larger production network is crucial in order to understand the spatial configuration of the GPN and the (limited) opportunities for resource peripheries. This paper therefore explores the strategic coupling of two distinct gateway cities (Singapore, Jakarta) in the upstream oil and gas GPN. Based on 31 interviews the article highlights how varying state roles have shaped the spatial configuration of this particular GPN. While the Singaporean state contributed to 'holding down' the GPN by transforming its regional assets to the strategic needs of the industry, the 'detour' via Jakarta is a consequence of the regulator and producer role of the Indonesian state as well as the spatially unequally distributed institutional capacities across Indonesia. Both influences inhibit opportunities for economic development in commodity source regions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Breul, Moritz UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0322-0987 UNSPECIFIED Diez, Javier Revilla UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1380 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-184757
DOI:	10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.03.022
Journal or Publication Title:	Geoforum
Volume:	92
Page Range:	S. 9 - 18
Date:	2018
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1872-9398
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Geosciences > Geographisches Institut
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS; REGIONAL-DEVELOPMENT; SINGAPORE; FIRMS; PERSPECTIVE; LINKAGES; INDUSTRY; ECONOMIES; DYNAMICS; SECTORS Multiple languages Geography Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18475