Chapter 1 Transportation and geography 1
CONCEPTS：1 What is transport geography？ 1
2 Transportation and space 9
3 Transportation and commercial geography 17
4 The geography of transportation networks 22
CASE STUDY：Strategic maritime passages 30
Chapter 2 Transportation and the spatial structure 42
CONCEPTS：1 Historical geography of transportation：the emergence of mechanized systems 42
2 Historical geography of transportation：the setting of global systems 58
3 Transport and spatial organization 65
4 Transport and location 72
5 Future transportation 77
CASE STUDY：High speed rail systems 83
Chapter 3 Transportation modes 89
CONCEPTS：1 A diversity of modes 89
2 Intermodal transportation 110
3 Passengers and freight：complementarity and competition 120
CASE STUDY：Information technologies and mobility 122
Chapter 4 Transportation terminals 127
CONCEPTS：1 The function of transport terminals 127
2 The location of terminals 134
3 Transport terminal governance 149
CASE STUDY：Inland ports 152
Chapter 5 International trade and freight distribution 158
CONCEPTS：1 Transportation，globalization and international trade 158
2 Commodity chains and freight transportation 166
3 Logistics and freight distribution 173
CASE STUDY：Commodity chain analysis：the cold chain 183
Chapter 6 Urban transportation 188
CONCEPTS：1 Transportation and the urban form 188
2 Urban land use and transportation 198
3 Urban mobility 206
4 Urban transport problems 212
CASE STUDY：City logistics 219
Chapter 7 Transportation and the economy 226
CONCEPTS：1 Transportation and economic development 226
2 Transport costs 236
3 Transport supply and demand 243
CASE STUDY：The cruise industry 249
Chapter 8 Transport，energy and environment 255
CONCEPTS：1 The environmental impacts of transportation 255
2 Transportation and energy 261
3 Transport and sustainability 269
CASE STUDY：Green logistics 274
Chapter 9 Transport planning and policy 280
CONCEPTS：1 The nature of transport policy 280
2 Transport planning 285
3 Transport safety and security 291
4 Transportation and disasters 294
CASE STUDY：Transportation and pandemics 299
Chapter 10 Methods in transport geography 304
METHODS：1 Methods in transport geography 304
2 Graph theory：definition and properties 307
3 Graph theory：measures and indices 312
4 Geographic Information Systems for Transportation （GIS-T） 317
5 The notion of accessibility 322
6 Network data models 328
7 Transport technical and economic performance indicators 333
8 The Gini coefficient 337
9 Spatial interactions and the gravity model 340
10 Market area analysis 345
11 The policy process 351
Conclusion：Issues and challenges in transport geography 356
Glossary 364
Index 396