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Books | Book Chapters | Refereed Articles | Special Issues | Reviews & Reports


Books

Book Chapters

Refereed Articles

Special Issues in Academic Journals

  • (2010) Comparative North American and European Gateway Logistics, Journal of Transport Geography, Forthcoming. Co-editor with Theo Notteboom (University of Antwerp).
  • (2009) Containerization in a Globalized World, GeoJournal, Vol. 74, No. 1. Co-editor with Theo Notteboom (University of Antwerp).
  • (2006) Global production networks, Growth and Change, Vol. 37, No. 4. Co-editor with Markus Hesse (Free University of Berlin).
  • (2006) Economic and transport geographies of freight and logistics, Environment and Planning A, Vol. 38, No. 8, Co-editor with Markus Hesse (Free University of Berlin) and Peter Hall (Simon Fraser University).
  • (2004) Freight transport and logistics, Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geografie, Vol. 95, No. 2. Co-editor with Markus Hesse (Free University of Berlin).
  • (1999) Transport terminals, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 7. Co-editor with Andrew Goetz (University of Denver).

Reviews, Reports and Other Publications

Conference Proceedings

  • (2006) "Inter-Metropolitan Rail Corridors and Regional Development", Building Inter-metropolitan Rail Corridors: A Public Policy Forum, University of Delaware, Institute of Public Administration, Newark, pp. 4-7.
  • (2005) "The Challenges of Freight Distribution in the New York Metropolitan Area: The Role of the Port Authority", in K.S. Goldfeld (ed) Beyond Post-9/11: A Colloquium on the Future of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, pp. 61-87.
  • (2004) Notteboom, T., Rodrigue, J.-P. “Inland Freight Distribution and the Sub-harborization of Port Terminals”, in Licheng, S., Notteboom, T. (eds), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Logistics Strategy for Ports, Dalian Maritime University Press, Dalian, pp. 365-382.
  • (2001) "The Paradoxes of Green Logistics", Proceedings of the 9th World Conference on Transport Research, Seoul.
  • (1996) "Transportation Corridors in Pacific-Asian Urban Regions", in D.A. Hensher and J. King (eds) Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on Transport Research, Sydney: Pergamon.
  • (1995) "The Role of Transportation in the Emergence of Mega-Urban Regions in East Asia: The Cases of Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou and Hong Kong-Guangzhou-Macau", in M.S. Chen, C. Comtois and L.N. Shyu (eds) East Asia Perspectives: Selected Articles from the Annual Conferences of the Canadian Asian Studies Association 1991-92, Montréal: Canadian Asian Studies Association, pp. 113-155.
  • (1994) "GIS and Transportation/Land Use Planning: Utility Value Assessment in Chinese Cities", Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Conference of CPGIS, Calgary, pp. 34-37.
  • (1993) "Knowledge-Based Computing for Transportation / Land Use Systems: Application to Shanghai" in C. Comtois and F. Bingquan (eds) Proceedings of the '92 International Conference on Urban Land Use and Transport System ICULTS '92, pp. 484-510, Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche sur les Transports, #CRT-910.
  • (1990) "L’avant pays Canadien des ports chinois", with C. Comtois and F. Soulard, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, The Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa, pp. 81-104.

Media Coverage

  • (2009) ContrarianProfits "Have the Tanker’s Stopped Tanking?", Agora Financials. Cited about the role of strategic passages in petroleum distribution.
  • (2009) Today's Trucking "All Routes Lead to the 'Peg: City has high hopes for port". Cited about the role of inland ports for Winnipeg.
  • (2009) MoneyWeek "UK house prices will plummet: look at this scary chart". Cited for a chart about the phases of an economic bubble.
  • (2009) Radio Canada, "Transport en chute libre" (Transportation in free fall), Interviewed about the declining global trade, its impacts on container ports and Halifax in particular.
  • (2008) Argus Rail Business, "Surface transport costs driving East Coast port boom", Quoted from an interview about the recent changes in port development along the Atlantic Coast.
  • (2008) MoneyWeek, "Wheat's biggest bull market could be about to end badly".
  • (2007) MoneyWeek, "Buy Gold, Not Buy-to-Let". Cited for a chart about the phases of an economic bubble.
  • (2007) Fairplay, "Is bigger better? The economic sense of leviathan box ships is under increased scrutiny".
  • (2006) Global Institute of Logistics, "Seafood Firm Wins Praised For ‘Brilliant’ Thailand Strategy". Quoted from an interview about the environmental impacts of global maritime supply chains.
  • (2006) Northwest Indiana Times, "Thruport to the future" and "Cranes are what give Thruport its lift". Quoted from an interview about the development potential of an intermodal rail terminal facility.
  • (2006) Global Institute of Logistics, "Academic Backs Panama Canal Expansion". Quoted from an interview about the challenges and opportunities for the expansion of the Panama Canal.
  • (2005) Roanoke Times, “NS on Track for Upgrade”, Quoted from an interview about the development of double stacking rail services in Virginia.
  • (2005) Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Region Focus, Winter, “Sink or Swim: Fifth District Coastal Ports must Continue to Expand to Remain Competitive”. Quoted from an interview about the challenges of East Coast ports.
  • (2005) Los Angeles Times, “Little Port that Could”. Quoted from an interview about the role of small niche ports.
  • (2004) Canadian Ports Magazine, “Understanding the Big Picture”. Cited about the evolution of freight distribution.
  • (2004) ABC News & Primetime, “Full-Service Fakery: Inside the Life of a Professional Essay Writer and Test Taker”. Appearance on national television (ABC) regarding plagiarism.
  • (2001) Les Affaires, « La mondialisation brillamment expliquée », Review of the book « L’espace économique mondial ».
  • (2000) Atlanta Journal Constitution, “What is Atlanta? By truck or by train”, Quoted from an interview about the role of Atlanta as a freight distribution center.
  • (1996) Radio Canada, “Branché” (A weekly program about the usage of the Information Highway), Appearance on national television (Radio Canada) concerning multimedia technologies for education. 

Research Notes at the Centre for Research on Transportation (CRT), Universite de Montreal (1990-1996)

  • (1996) "Transportation and Spatial Cycles: Evidence from Maritime Systems", #CRT-96-09, First author with Brian Slack and Claude Comtois.
  • (1995) "Transport and the Environment: Geographical Perspectives for Assessment", #CTR-95-32.
  • (1995) "Semantic Modelling: An Investigation for a Transportation / Land Use Decision Support System", #CRT-95-18.
  • (1994) "The Heuristic Classification of Functional Land Use: A Knowledge-based Approach", #CRT-94-46.
  • (1994) "The Overview of Transportation Corridors in Asian Urban Regions", #CRT-976.
  • (1993) "Fuzzy Areas of Influence", #CRT-947.
  • (1992) "Transportation and Territorial Development in Singapore Extended Metropolitan Region", #CRT-861.
  • (1992) "Intermodality on the Emergence of Mega-Urban Regions: Principles and Equations", #CRT-860.
  • (1992) "Transportation and Land Use Optimization: Land Use Utility Value Assessment Using Geographic Information Systems", #CRT-859.
  • (1992) "The Heuristic Identification of Urban Functional Land Use: Application to Shanghai", #CRT-858.
  • (1992) "Parallel Distributed Processing of Transportation/Land Use Systems: Theory and Modelling with Neural Networks", #CRT-857.
  • (1991) "Transport et utilisation du sol: approche méthodologique du système intra-urbain", #CRT-784.
  • (1991) "Le système expert en géographie des transports: application à Shanghai", first author with C. Comtois, #CRT-781.
  • (1991) "Preliminary Results of an Analysis of Areas of Influence in Shanghai", second author with C. Comtois, #CRT-780.
  • (1990) "The Canadian Foreland of Chinese Ports", second author with C. Comtois et F. Soulard, #CRT-728.
  • (1990) "L'offre en transport et les changements d'utilisation fonctionnelle du sol à Montréal entre 1964 et 1983", #CRT-665.
Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Dr. Rodrigue's research interests mainly cover the fields of economic, transport and urban geography. Area interests involve East and Southeast Asia (particularly China) and North America, notably concerning transportation, distribution and trade issues. Specific topics cover transport systems and logistics, global supply chains and production networks, gateways and transport corridors, urban regions, economic integration, international trade and regional development. Current projects involve:

  • The Governance of Intermodal Transportation Assets
  • The Transport Geography of Logistics
  • Gateways, Corridors and Inland Freight Distribution
  • Globalization and Transport Terminals