We quantify the aggregate, regional and sectoral impacts of transportation productivity growth on the US economy over the period 1947-2017. Using a multi-region, multi-sector model that explicitly captures produced transportation services as a key input to interregional trade, we find that the...

"This clear text provides a broad introduction to transportation geography. With an emphasis on the social and political aspects of transport, Julie Cidell takes a multi-scalar approach across multiple modes and places. She covers waterborne transport, starting with logistics systems; aviation...

This paper assesses the impact of internal infrastructure and landlockedness on Central Asian trade using a panel gravity equation estimated on a large sample of countries (167 countries over 1992-2004). The panel structure of the dataset makes it possible to control for country-pair specific...

Located on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk region was the first territorial unit with a polar climate that is equipped with significant mining structures worldwide, to satisfy the demand of young Soviet Union for raw materials. Due to the importance of the found items here (apatite, nonferrous...

This paper assesses the impact of internal infrastructure and landlockedness on Central Asian trade using a panel gravity equation estimated on a large sample of countries (167 countries over 1992-2004). The panel structure of the dataset makes it possible to control for country-pair specific...

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...

This paper reviews the progress that has been made over the last half-century in modeling and analyzing the growth of transportation networks. An overview of studies has been provided following five main streams: net- work growth in transport geography; traffic flow, transportation planning, and...

Variations autour du transport et de la logistique -- La mesure des coûts du transport routier de marchandises par le Comité National Routier -- Coût du transport et coût logistique -- Spécificités et démarches d'optimisation -- Du coût de transport au coût du SCM en passant par le...

The field of globalization and transport has witnessed a surge in interest over the past two decades with scholars questioning the reasoning behind its growth, its impact on the environment and trade as well as its effect on the development of cities and supply chain logistics. The editors have...

"We examine portage sites in the U.S. South, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest, including those on the fall line, a geomorphologic feature in the southeastern U.S. marking the final rapids on rivers before the ocean. Historically, waterborne transport of goods required portage around the falls at these...

pt. 1. Getting airborne : the development of the airliner and commercial air transportation -- pt. 2. Open skies and a crowd of competitors -- pt. 3. Life aloft and on the ground in the airborne world -- pt. 4. Beyond the horizon.

The goal of this paper is to examine the various geographic shifts occurring in New Zealand air passenger service as a result of the liberal aviation policies pursued by the country. A brief history of New Zealand air passenger travel both domestically and internationally will be followed by a...