Dr. Rodrigue's research interests 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 production networks, transport corridors, urban regions, economic integration, international trade and regional development. Current projects involve:
- The Transport Geography of Logistics
- Inland Freight Distribution, Gateways and Freight Corridors
- Globalization and Transport Terminals
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of
Global Studies and Geography
Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York 11549 USA
Jean-paul.Rodrigue@hofstra.edu
Phone: (516) 463-5765. Fax: (516) 463-6519.
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Jean-Paul Rodrigue received a Ph.D. in Transport Geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been at the Department of Economics & Geography at Hofstra University since 1999. In 2008, he became part of the Department of Global Studies and Geography.
Dr. Rodrigue, as project director, contributed to the development of a
web site about transport geography
and was chair of the Transport
Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (2004-2006).
He is also on the international editorial board of the
Journal of Transport Geography, the Journal of
Transport and Land Use and acts as the
Van Horne Researcher in Transportation and
Logistics. His first book about the global economic
space, has been published by Les Presses de l'Universté du Québec and won
the 2001 PricewaterhouseCoopers award (Prix du livre d'affaire) for the best
French business-related book published in North America. His second book,
The Geography of Transport Systems, was published by Routledge in July 2006.
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