The Geography of Transport Systems
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415354412 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Jean-Paul Rodrigue is an Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Economics and Geography at Hofstra University, USA.Claude Comtois is Professor of Geography at the University of Montreal, Canada.Brian Slack is Professor of Geography at Concordia University, Cana
Concerned with movements, infrastructures, institutions and the corporations supporting them, this key volume from Rodrigue, Comtois and Slack links spatial constraints and attributes with the origin, destination, extent, nature and purpose of movements. Ideal for an undergraduate audience, this book provides a comprehensive introduction with a broad overview of the concepts, methods and areas of application. Divided into nine chapters, each covers methodologies linked with transport geography (such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and GIS), and the topics they address include: networksmodes terminalsinternational transportationurban transportationenvironmental impacts. Emphasis is placed on the development of didactic material that can be incorporated in lectures (such as PowerPoint slides, exercises, databases and GIS datasets). Although primarily developed
Joao P. Braga Cruz said a pratical introdution. it's easy to read and has a compreensive exposition of the issues.
'It provides a clear overview of the field and emphasizes spatial thinking with regard to transport topics, methods, and policies. Perhaps the most important fact is the oft-forgotten reality that transportation and the movement of goods is intermodal in nature, and while readers can dip in and out of relevant chapters, any analysis of these systems should be considered in their totality not by single mode (or sector).' – Andrew Forbes, Sea Power Centre , Australia. Its topics and methods can easily be integrated with a variety of quantitative or qualitative methods and assignments, and will povide students with a broad but rigorous introduction to many of the topics and issues in the field of transport geography.' - Journal of Regional Science, Vol 47, No 3, 2007'This b