Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Claude comtois is professor of geography at the university of montreal, canada. Jeanpaul rodrigue is the author of the geography of transport systems 3. His research interests cover transportation and economics as they relate to logistics and global freight distribution. Department of global studies and geography hofstra university hempstead, new york 11549 usa jeanpaul. Gateways, corridors and global freight distribution. Rodrigues research interests mainly cover the fields of transportation and economics as they relate to logistics and global freight distribution. Moreover, i think sustainable transportation is a concept linked with the idea of. Economic and spatial structure of transport systems 4. Specific topics include maritime transport systems, global supply chains, gateways and transport corridors. The geography of transport systems by jeanpaul rodrigue. Publications books rodrigue, jp ed 2017 the geography of transport systems, fourth edition, london.
Rodrigue2006thego, title the geography of transport systems, authorjeanpaul rodrigue and claude comtois and brian slack, year2006 jeanpaul rodrigue. The hub and spokes system is a paradigm of a system that facilitates flow and flexibility within the system and beyond. His research interests primarily cover issues related to freight transportation, logistics and globalization, particularly over north america, latin. Transport geography investigates movements and distribution. Jeanpaul rodrigue department of global studies and geography hofstra university hempstead, new york 11549 usa jeanpaul. Library of congress cataloging in publication data. This expanded and revised fourth edition of the geography of transport systems provides. His research interests primarily cover issues related to freight transportation, logistics and globalization, particularly over north america, latin american and the caribbean and pacific asia. Kop geography of transport systems av jeanpaul rodrigue pa. The geography of transport systems jean paul by enda dito. Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. Brian slack is professor of geography at concordia university, canada.
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Bingquan eds proceedings of the 92 international conference on urban land use and transport system icults 92, pp. Jeanpaul rodrigue born july 20, 1967 is a canadian scholar of transportation geography. Jeanpaul rodrigue is an associate professor of geography in the department of economics and geography at hofstra university, usa. The geography of transport systems jeanpaul rodrigue, claude comtois. Sustainable transportation, cycling and the covid19. Rodrigue s research interests mainly cover the fields of transportation and economics as they relate to logistics and global freight distribution. Intermodal transportation and integrated transport systems 1 intermodal transportation and integrated transport systems. Jeanpaul rodrigue is professor in the department of geography and global studies at hofstra university, new york. Jeanpaul rodrigue author of the geography of transport. The geography of transport systems presents transportation systems at different scales ranging from global to local and focuses on different contexts such as north america, europe and east asia. They tend to be close to a port facility, but mainly at the periphery of its metropolitan area often less than 100 km, since.
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Claude comtois is professor of geography at the university of montreal, canada, and. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Gs 120 iglobalization global transport and logistics. The geography of transport systems, second edition by. Rodrigue, jp 1993 knowledgebased computing for transportation land use systems. Specific topics include maritime transport systems, global supply chains, gateways and.
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This volume is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport. In transport topology it is a system of centrality and concentrated flows. Intermodal transportation and integrated transport systems. Pdf the geography of transport systems researchgate. In many instances, freight transport terminals fit within a hierarchy with a functionally integrated inland transport system of gateways and their corridors, where they serve three major functions. The geography of transport systems provides an uptodate and thorough text for introductory courses in transportation geography. With both conceptual and methodological elements, this book provides students with qualitative and quantitative tools for approaching analyses of transport systems. Jeanpaul rodrigue addresses covid19 impacts on global trade friday, april 24, 2020 when metrans director genevieve giuliano was organizing the agenda for the metrans advisory board meeting to be held virtually in early april, she wanted to focus on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on global goods movement. Transportation and the geographical and functional. The geography of transport systems jeanpaul rodrigue, claude comtois, and.
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