Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities, including commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this textbook.

The second edition of The Geography of transport systems maintains the overall structure of its predecessor, with chapters dealing with specific conceptual dimensions and methodologies, but the contents have been revised and updated. It provides material about transportation issues to practitioners, policymakers, educators, researchers, students, and individual learners. It includes a wide variety of media elements such as maps, figures, GIS-T datatsets, and PowerPoint presentations. The second edition also offers new topics and approaches that have emerged as critical issues in contemporary transport systems, including security, energy, supply chain management and GIS-T. Relevant case studies have also been included to underline real world issues related to transport geography.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 - Transportation and Geography
• Chapter 2 - Transportation and the Spatial Structure
• Chapter 3 - Transportation Modes
• Chapter 4 - Transport Terminals
• Chapter 5 - International Trade and Freight Distribution
• Chapter 6 - Urban Transportation
• Chapter 7 - Transportation and the Economy
• Chapter 8 - Transport, Energy and Environment
• Chapter 9 - Transport Planning and Policy

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SECOND EDITION
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Claude Comtois and Brian Slack (2009), New York: Routledge, 352 pages. ISBN 978-0-415-48324-7

Jean-Paul Rodrigue is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Studies and Geography at Hofstra University, New York.

Claude Comtois is Professor of Geography at the University of Montreal, Canada.

Brian Slack is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.