"The Geography Of Transport Systems | Geography

This expanded and revised sixth 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 explores the spatial aspects of transportation and focuses on how the mobility of passengers and freight is linked with geography. The book is divided into ten chapters each covering a specific conceptual dimension including networks modes terminals freight transportation urban transportation and environmental impacts and updated with the latest information available. The sixth edition offers new and updated material on information technologies and mobility e-commerce transport and the economy mobility and society supply chains security pandemics energy and the environment and climate change. With over 140 updated figures and maps The Geography of Transport Systems presents transportation systems at different scales ranging from global to local. This volume is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transportation as well as those interested in economic and urban geography transport planning and engineering. A companion website which contains additional material such as photographs maps figures and Power Point presentations has been developed for the book and can be found here: https://transportgeography.org/|The Geography of Transport Systems | Geography