Transportation

The Guilford Press

2003

xxii, 375 p.

9781572308480

An introduction to transportation geography --A history of transportation --Current transport systems and trends --Basic elements of transport networks : nodes and links --Measurement of transportation networks --The location of transportation routes and links --Trade and commodity flows --Methods of flow analysis --The prediction problem of flow generation --Spatial interaction and the gravity model --Spatial choices : destinations, modes, and routes --Transport policy --Transport planning : rationale and process --Transport impact analysis --Transportation's impact on the environment --Transportation, the economy, and economic development --GIS-T : an introduction --Societal trends and their impact on transport --Congestion --Sustainable transport and potential mobility --Transportation and transportation geography.

Английский