Transport geographies : mobilities, flows, and spaces

著者

• Knowles, R. D. (Richard D.)
• Shaw, Jon
• Docherty, Iain

書誌事項

Transport geographies : mobilities, flows, and spaces

edited by Richard Knowles, Jon Shaw, Iain Docherty

Blackwell Pub., 2008

• pbk. : alk. paper

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-277) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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

目次

List of figures vii Notes on contributors xi Preface xvii List of abbreviations xix Part 1 Fundamentals of transport geographies 1 1 Introducing transport geographies 3 Jon Shaw, Richard Knowles and Iain Docherty 2 Transport and economic development 10 Danny MacKinnon, Gordon Pirie and Matthias Gather 3 Transport and the environment 29 Stephen Potter and Ian Bailey 4 Transport and social justice 49 Julian Hine 5 Transport governance and ownership 62 Jon Shaw, Richard Knowles and Iain Docherty Part 2 Transport flows and spaces 81 6 Connected cities 83 Iain Docherty, Genevieve Giuliano and Donald Houston 7 Geographies of rural transport 102 David Gray, John Farrington and Andreas Kagermeier 8 Inter-urban and regional transport 120 Clive Charlton and Tim Vowles 9 Global air transport 137 Brian Graham and Andrew R. Goetz 10 International maritime freight movements 156 Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Michael Browne 11 Individual transport patterns 179 Stephen Stradling and Jillian Anable 12 Transport, tourism and leisure 196 Derek Hall Part 3 Future transport geographies 213 13 Transport directions to the future 215 Glenn Lyons and Becky Loo 14 Revitalized transport geographies 227 John Preston and Kevin O'Connor References 238 Index 278

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA86479913
• ISBN:
  • 9781405153232
• LCCN: 2007033297
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Malden, MA
• ページ数/冊数: xxi, 293 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HE147.5
  • DC22 : 388.09
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Transportation
  • LCSH : Economic geography