Transport Geographies

Mobilities, Flows and Spaces
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5322-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

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

Zielgruppe

Upper level undergraduate and postgraduates studying transport and human geography, transport studies, planning, public policy and administration, sociology, psychology, transport engineering and economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knowles, Richard

Shaw, Jon

Docherty, Iain

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Verkehrsplanung, Verkehrspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

List of Abbreviations.

Part 1: Fundamentals of Transport Geographies:.

1. Introducing Transport Geographies: Jon Shaw (University of Plymouth), Richard Knowles (University of Salford) and Iain Docherty (University of Glasgow).

2. Transport and Economic Development: Danny MacKinnon (University of Aberdeen), Gordon Pirie (University of the Western Cape) and Matthias Gather (Erfurt University of Applied Sciences).

3. Transport and the Environment: Stephen Potter (Open University) and Ian Bailey (University of Plymouth).

4. Transport and Social Justice: Julian Hine (University of Ulster).

5. Transport Governance and Ownership: Jon Shaw, Richard Knowles and Iain Docherty.

Part 2: Transport Flows and Spaces:.

6. Connected Cities: Iain Docherty, Genevieve Giuliano (University of Southern California) and Donald Houston (University of Dundee).

7. Geographies of Rural Transport: David Gray (Robert Gordon University), John Farrington (University of Aberdeen) and Andreas Kagermeier (University of Trier).

8. Inter-urban and Regional Transport: Clive Charlton (University of Plymouth) and Tim Vowles (Colorado State University).

9. Global Air Transport: Brian Graham (University of Ulster) and Andrew R. Goetz (University of Denver).

10. International Maritime Freight Movements: Jean-Paul Rodrigue (Hofstra University) and Michael Browne (University of Westminster).

11. Individual Transport Patterns: Stephen Stradling (Napier University) and Jillian Anable (Robert Gordon University).

12. Transport, Tourism and Leisure: Derek Hall (Scottish Agricultural College).

Part 3: Future Transport Geographies:.

13. Transport Directions to the Future: Glenn Lyons (University of the West of England) and Becky Loo (University of Hong Kong).

14. Revitalized Transport Geographies: John Preston (University of Southampton) and Kevin O’Connor (University of Melbourne).

References.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Knowles is Professor of Transport Geography at the University of Salford and a member of the Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment.

Jon Shaw is Reader in Human Geography and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Transport at the University of Plymouth.

Iain Docherty is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management at the University of Glasgow and Chair of the Transport Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).