The Geographies of Air Transport

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4094-5331-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Transport and Mobility

Making a detailed contribution to geographies of air transport and aeromobility, this book examines the practices and processes that produce particular patterns of air transport provision both regionally and globally. In so doing, it updates the seminal contributions of Eva Taylor (1945), Kenneth Sealy (1957), Brian Graham (1995) and others to the study of air transport geography. Leading scholars in the field offer a unique insight into the key developments that have occurred in the field and the implications that these developments have had for geography, geographers, and global patterns of past, present and future air transport. Although globalization and liberalization processes have greatly expanded the demand for air transport over the last two decades, the industry has experienced several major setbacks due to economic, security, and environmental concerns. Many of these impacts have been much more pronounced in some regions, such as North America and Europe while others, such as Asia-Pacific have not been as adversely affected. Accordingly, there is a clear need to examine these recent economic and geopolitical changes from a geographical perspective given the differentiated pattern of effects from global processes. Addressing this need, this volume opens with thematic chapters covering key topics such as the historical geographies, socio-cultural mobilities, environmental externalities, urban geographies, and sustainability of the global air transport industry, followed by regional analysis of the industry in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Greater Middle East and Africa as well as North America and Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goetz, Andrew R

Budd, Lucy

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: The geographies of air transport: an introduction, Lucy Budd and Andrew R. Goetz. Part I Thematic Approaches: The historical geographies of air transport, Lucy Budd; The geopolitics of air transport, Keith G. Debbage; The economic geography of air transport, John T. Bowen, Jr; Social and cultural geographies of air transport, Peter Adey and Weiqiang Lin; Environmental externalities of air transport, Tim Ryley; The role of airports in air transport, Anne Graham and Stephen Ison; Global cities and air transport, Ben Derudder and Frank Witlox; The sustainability of air transport, Christopher Paling, Paul Hooper and Callum Thomas. Part II Regional Approaches: Geographies of air transport in North America, Sean Tierney; Geographies of European air transport, Frédéric Dobruszkes; Air transport geographies of the Asia-Pacific, Kevin O’Connor and Kurt Fuellhart; Geographies of Latin American air transport, Gustavo Lipovich; Geographies of Middle Eastern air transport, Khaula Alkaabi; Geographies of air transport in Africa: aviation’s ’last frontier’, Gordon Pirie; Conclusion, Andrew R. Goetz and Lucy Budd. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew R. Goetz is a Professor in the Department of Geography & the Environment and a faculty member in the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver, USA. Lucy Budd is a Senior Lecturer in Air Transport in the School of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University in the UK.