It has been given an important role in development policies and urban regeneration to the accessibility and to the renewed interest in the growth of trade routes in the Mediterranean Sea, concurrently with the development of cruise tourism and the awareness about the necessary implementa-tion of green policies.

Lately, in this context, a strategic role has been played by Apulia ports (Bari, Brindisi and Taranto) which have tried to adopt the principles of environmental sustaina-bility and have allowed firms to exercise significant leadership functions by implementing a good in-teraction, although it isn’t complete yet, between port system and economic system, through the authorities and the local political institutions.

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