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| List of photographs | |
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| List of contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Transportation and geography | |
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| Concepts: 1 What is transport geography? | |
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| Transportation and space | |
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| Transportation and commercial geography | |
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| The geography of transportation networks | |
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| Case Study: Strategic maritime passages | |
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| Transportation and the spatial structure | |
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| Concepts: 1 Historical geography of transportation: the emergence of mechanized systems | |
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| Historical geography of transportation: the setting of global systems | |
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| Transport and spatial organization | |
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| Transport and location | |
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| Future transportation | |
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| Case Study: High speed rail systems | |
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| Transportation modes | |
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| Concepts: 1 A diversity of modes | |
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| Intermodal transportation | |
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| Passengers and freight: complementarity and competition | |
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| Case Study: Information technologies and mobility | |
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| Transportation terminals | |
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| Concepts: 1 The function of transport terminals | |
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| The location of terminals | |
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| Transport terminal governance | |
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| Case Study: Inland ports | |
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| International trade and freight distribution | |
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| Concepts: 1 Transportation, globalization and international trade | |
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| Commodity chains and freight transportation | |
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| Logistics and freight distribution | |
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| Case Study: Commodity chain analysis: the cold chain | |
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| Urban transportation | |
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| Concepts: 1 Transportation and the urban form | |
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| Urban land use and transportation | |
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| Urban mobility | |
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| Urban transport problems | |
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| Case Study: City logistics | |
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| Transportation and the economy | |
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| Concepts: 1 Transportation and economic development | |
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| Transport costs | |
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| Transport supply and demand | |
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| Case Study: The cruise industry | |
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| Transport, energy and environment | |
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| Concepts: 1 The environmental impacts of transportation | |
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| Transportation and energy | |
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| Transport and sustainability | |
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| Case Study: Green logistics | |
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| Transport planning and policy | |
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| Concepts: 1 The nature of transport policy | |
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| Transport planning | |
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| Transport safety and security | |
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| Transportation and disasters | |
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| Case Study: Transportation and pandemics | |
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| Methods in transport geography | |
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| Methods: 1 Methods in transport geography | |
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| Graph theory: definition and properties | |
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| Graph theory: measures and indices | |
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| Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T) | |
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| The notion of accessibility | |
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| Network data models | |
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| Transport technical and economic performance indicators | |
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| Tim Gini coefficient | |
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| Spatial interactions and the gravity model | |
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| Market area analysis | |
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| The policy process | |
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| Conclusion: Issues and challenges in transport geography | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |