The geography of transport systems

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of photographs -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- 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: the emergence of mechanized systems -- 2 Historical geography of transportation: the setting of global systems -- 3 Transport and spatial organization -- 4 Transport and location -- 5 Future transportation -- CASE STUDY: Transport corridors -- Chapter 3 Transportation, economy and society -- CONCEPTS: 1 Transportation and economic development -- 2 Transportation and society -- 3 Transport costs -- 4 Transport supply and demand -- CASE STUDY: The cruise industry -- Chapter 4 Transportation modes -- CONCEPTS: 1 Transportation modes, modal competition and modal shift -- 2 Road transportation -- 3 Rail Transportation -- 4 Maritime transportation -- 5 Air transport -- 6 Intermodal transportation and containerization -- CASE STUDY: High-speed rail systems -- Chapter 5 Transportation terminals -- CONCEPTS: 1 The function of transport terminals -- 2 The location of terminals -- 3 Port terminals -- 4 Rail terminals -- 5 Airports -- CASE STUDY: Mega airport projects -- Chapter 6 International trade and freight distribution -- CONCEPTS: 1 Transborder and crossborder transportation -- 2 Transportation, globalization and international trade -- 3 Freight transportation and value chains -- 4 Logistics and freight distribution -- CASE STUDY: Inland ports and logistics zones -- Chapter 7 Urban transportation -- CONCEPTS: 1 Transportation and the urban form -- 2 Urban land use and transportation