Designed for undergraduate and graduate student use, this connects key ideas, concepts and themes to related areas of concern, including economics, engineering, environmental studies, political science, psychology and sociology. The 14 articles cover the fundamentals of transport geographies, including their relationship to economic development, social justice, transport governance and ownership, and the environment; transport flows and spaces, addressing connected cities, geographies of rural transport, inter-urban and regional transport, global air transport, international maritime freight movement, individual transport patterns, and tourism and leisure; and future transport geographies, including new technologies and revitalized transport systems. Figures and illustrations are extensive, each article includes comprehensive notes and the editors provide extensive references. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A student-friendly, issues-based text providing an introduction to the key ideas, concepts and themes of transport geographies. It offers an empirically informed and theoretically robust narrative that highlights the important role of transport in economic, environmental, and urban geographies.
- Emphasizes transport geography as a mainstream of human geography
- An innovative, qualitative approach offering a wide theoretical and empirical base
- A formidable collection of renowned experts in the field
- Superbly illustrated
