The Geography of Transport Systems (Hardcover, 3 Rev ed)

Chapter 1. Transportation and Geography  Concepts: 1. What is Transport Geography? 2. Transportation and Space; 3. Transportation and Commercial Geography; 4. The Geography of Transportation Networks  Case Study: Strategic Maritime Passages  Chapter 2. Transportation and the Spatial Structure  Concepts: 1. Historical Geography of Transportation; 2. Transport and Spatial Organization; 3. Transport and Location; 4. Future Transportation  Case Study: High Speed Rail Systems  Chapter 3. Transportation Modes  Concepts: 1. A Diversity of Modes; 2. Intermodal Transportation; 3. Passengers and Freight: Complementarity and Competition  Case Study: Information Technologies and Mobility  Chapter 4. Transportation Terminals  Concepts: 1. The Function of Transport Terminals; 2. The Location of Terminals; 3. Transport Terminal Governance  Case Study: Inland Ports  Chapter 5. International Trade and Freight Distribution  Concepts: 1. Transportation, Globalization and International Trade; 2. Commodity Chains and Freight Transportation; 3. Logistics  Case Study: Commodity Chain Analysis: The Cold Chain  Chapter 6. Urban Transportation  Concepts: 1. Transportation and Urban Form; 2. Urban Land Use and Transportation; 3. Urban Mobility; 4. Urban Transport Problems  Case Study: City Logistics  Chapter 7. Transportation and the Economy  Concepts: 1. Transport and Economic Development; 2. Transport Costs; 3. Transport Supply and Demand  Case Study: The Cruise Industry  Chapter 8. Transport, Energy and Environment  Concepts: 1. Transport and Energy; 2. The Environmental Impacts of Transportation; 3. Transport and Sustainability  Case Study: Green Logistics  Chapter 9. Transport Planning and Policy  Concepts: 1. The Nature of Transport Policy; 2. Transport Planning; 3. Transport Safety and Security; 4. Transportation and Disasters  Case Study: Security, Transport and Health Planning: The Challenge of Pandemics  Chapter 10. Methods in Transport Geography  1. Methods in Transport Geography; 2. Definition and Properties of Graph Theory; 3. Measures and Indices of Graph Theory; 4. Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T); 5. The Notion of Accessibility; 6. Network Data Models; 7. Technical and Economic Performance Indicators; 8. Gini Coefficient; 9. Spatial Interactions and the Gravity Model; 10. Market Area Analysis; 11. The Policy Process.  Conclusion: Issues and Challenges in Transport Geography  Glossary