The Geography of Transport Systems

Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Claude Comtois and Brian Slack (2006), New York: Routledge, 284 pages. ISBN 0-415-35441-2

Introduction

Without transportation there would be no geography and without geography there would be no transportation.

The Geography of Transport Systems (formerly known as "Transport geography on the web") is a project developed by Jean-Paul Rodrigue (Hofstra University), Claude Comtois (Universite de Montreal) and Brian Slack (Concordia University) (Credits) to promote access to transport geography information. Its purpose is to provide free and coherent pedagogical material to educators, researchers, students, and individual learners. It was specifically designed to support undergraduate courses in transport geography with a variety of media elements such as articles, maps, figures, exercises, GIS-T datatsets, and PowerPoint presentations. Specific sections can also be used for lectures in economic, urban and regional geography as well as in related disciplines. Educators are encouraged to include the material in their curriculum and to provide feedbacks.

Detailed Table of Contents

Chapters

1) Transportation and Geography 2) Transportation and the Spatial Structure 3) Transportation Modes 4) Transport Terminals 5) International Transportation and Freight Distribution 6) Urban Transportation 7) Transport and the Economy 8) Transport and Environment 9) Transport Planning and Policies Conclusion: Issues and Challenges in Transport Geography

Index

Transport Geography Glossary

Multimedia Elements

Relevant Links

Key Divisions

Concepts. Provide conceptual descriptions of a field of transport geography. Each chapter covers 3 to 5 concepts on average. See What is Transport Geography? for an example of a concept.

Methods. Provide analytical and problem solving methodologies related to transport problems. See The Notion of Accessibility for an example of a method.

Applications. Concerned about two major issues. The first is an application of a method to a transport geography problem. See Introduction to a Route Selection Problem for such an example. The second is a case study pertaining to transport geography, such as International Oil Transportation.

Multimedia Elements. Include PowerPoint slides, Detailed maps, databases, GIS-T datasets which can be downloaded for classroom use. A list of all the PowerPoint presentations contained in this Web site can be found here.

Conditions

The contents of this site can be freely used for personal or classroom use ONLY.
Although the material contained in this web site is freely available, it is not public domain. Its contents, in whole or in part (including graphics and datasets), cannot be copied and published in ANY form (printed or electronic) without consent.
PowerPoint presentations may by used for educational purposes only. This excludes any other form of communication such as conference presentations, published reports and papers.
Permission is granted to use the information contained in this web site (text, images, and datasets) as class material (notes and handouts) only if it is cited and unmodified.
Permission to use any graphic material herein in any form of publication, such as an article, a book or a conference presentation, on any media must be requested prior to use.
This site cannot by mirrored or translated in any language.
Information cited from this web site should be referred as: Rodrigue, J-P et al. (2006) The Geography of Transport Systems, Hofstra University, Department of Economics & Geography, http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans.
Inquiries to be sent to Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue (ecojpr@hofstra.edu).