| | |  | Maritime Security | Home » » The Geography of Transport Systems | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities, including commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this textbook. The second edition of The Geography of Transport Systems maintains the overall structure of its predecessor, with chapters dealing with specific conceptual dimensions and methodologies, but the contents have been revised and updated. The second edition also offers new topics and approaches that have emerged as critical issues in contemporary transport systems, including security, energy, supply chain management and GIS-T. Relevant case studies have also been included in the second edition to underline real world issues related to transport geography. Some key points of the second edition: - updated and revised conceptual and methodological material to reflect the most current issues in transport geography.
- a case study for each chapter addressing a real world transportation geography issue.
- reorganization of the text to improve readability and continuity.
- updated and improved figures and maps.
- continuously updated and revised supporting web site.
Mainly aimed at an undergraduate audience, this edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods and areas of application. It is highly illustrated and a companion web site has also been enhanced for the book. It contains PowerPoint slides, exercises, databases and GIS datasets and can be accessed at http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Jean-Paul Rodrigue | | Paperback:
| 368 pages | | Publisher:
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| July 15, 2009 | | Language:
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 Self-explanatoryMar 13, 2010
By Jan Husdal
This is a book I've wanted to lay my hands on for a long time. This is a book that every geographer with an interest in transportation should read. It is also a book that every transportationist with a sense for geography should read. Even if your main focus is just transportation and nowhere near geography, this book will fascinate, because it so brilliantly explains, explores, researches and reviews the spatial impact of transportation systems and how they have shaped the world that surrounds us.
Transportation networks are the main arteries of society, ensuring a 24/7 operation of the community we live in. Transportation systems are also essential to supply chains. Without a proper transportation system supply chains cannot function properly. However, the menial day-to-day operations related to transportation are often overlooked in supply chain management. This book goes a long way in bridging this gap, as it touches upon topics such as freight transport and locations of terminals. It also extends the term supply chain by introducing a new term: the commodity chain.
It is not often that I fall in love with textbooks at first sight, and this is a book that will not spend much time collecting dust in my bookshelf, as I will read and use it again and again...
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 a pratical introdutionJan 09, 2007
By Joao P. Braga Cruz
it's easy to read and has a compreensive exposition of the issues.
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