Chapter 1 - Transportation and Geography ●What is Transport Geography? ●Transportation and Space ●Transportation and Commercial Geography ●The Geography of Transportation Networks ●Teaching Transport Geography ●Strategic Maritime Passages Chapter 2 - Transportation and the Spatial Structure ●Historical Geography of Transportation: The Emergence of Mechanized Systems ●Historical Geography of Transportation: The Setting of Global Systems ●Transport and Spatial Organization ●Transport and Location ●Future Transportation ●Transport Corridors in North America Chapter 3 - Transportation Modes ●Transportation Modes: An Overview ●Road Transportation ●Rail Transportation ●Maritime Transport ●Air Transport ●Intermodal Transportation and Containerization ●High Speed Rail Systems ●The Containerization of Commodities ●Maersk Shipping Line ●Transcontinental Bridges Chapter 4 - Transport Terminals ●The Function of Transport Terminals ●The Location of Terminals ●Port Terminals ●Rail Terminals ●Airport Terminals ●Transport Terminal Governance ●Mega Airport Projects ●The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ●The Port of Savannah Logistics Cluster ●Inland Ports / Dry Ports Chapter 5 - International Trade and Freight Distribution ●Transborder / Crossborder Transportation ●Transportation, Globalization and International Trade ●Freight Transportation and Value Chains ●Logistics and Freight Distribution ●UPS: Logistical Management of a Distribution Network ●The Repositioning of Empty Containers ●Commodity Chain Analysis ●The Cold Chain and its Logistics ●Freight Distribution Clusters (Logistics Zones) Chapter 6 - Urban Transportation ●Transportation and the Urban Form ●Urban Land Use and Transportation ●Urban Mobility ●Urban Transport Problems ●Information Technologies and Mobility ●City Logistics Chapter 7 - Transportation and the Economy ●Transport and Economic Development ●Transport Costs ●Transport Supply and Demand ●The St. Lawrence Seaway and Regional Development ●The Financing of Transportation Infrastructure ●International Tourism and Transport ●The Cruise Industry Chapter 8 - Transport, Energy and Environment ●The Environmental Impacts of Transportation ●Transportation and Energy ●Transportation, Land Use and the Environment ●Transportation and Sustainability ●International Oil Transportation ●Pollutants Emitted by Transport Systems (Air, Water and Noise) ●Climate Change and the Adaptation of Transport Infrastructure ●Green Logistics Chapter 9 - Transport Planning and Policy ●The Nature of Transport Policy ●Transport Planning ●Transport Safety and Security ●Transportation and Disasters ●Rail Deregulation in the United States ●Cost / Benefit Analysis in Practice ●Transportation and Pandemics Conclusion: Issues and Challenges in Transport Geography Appendix: Methods in Transport Geography ●Methods in Transport Geography ●Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T) ●Symbolization of Transport Features in a GIS ●The Notion of Accessibility ●Graph Theory: Definitions and Properties ●Graph Theory: Measures and Indices ●Network Data Models ●Route Selection ●Traffic Assignment ●Linear Programming ●Transport Technical and Economic Performance Indicators ●Traffic Counts and Traffic Surveys ●Spatial Interactions and the Gravity Model ●Transportation / Land Use Modeling ●The Lowry Model ●Location Analysis ●Market Area Analysis ●The Specialization Index and the Location Coefficient ●Gini Coefficient ●The Policy Process ●Transport and Environmental Management ●Delphi Forecasting ●Cost / Benefit Analysis Appendix: Supporting Information Transport Geography Glossary Media Elements Relevant Links Transportation Journals and Periodicals Exercises
Transport Geography Glossary Media Elements Relevant Links Transportation Journals and Periodicals Exercises
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