Modern Transport Geography
Published on 22. February 1992
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-85293-157-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to fulfil the requirement for a work on transport policy based on geographical theory and focused on contemporary changes and issues. Using the "principles and practice" approach this should enable students to develop their own ideas on the basis of the material provided. Each chapter uses examples at different scales from a variety of environments such as urban/rural, national/regional/local/global, advanced/developing countries and capitalist/communist/3rd World. Considerable emphasis is placed on multimodal and intermodal questions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, photographs, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85293-157-5 (9781852931575)
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Content
Transport geography - an introduction, Brian Hoyle and Richard Knowles; transport and development, Brian Hoyle and Jose Smith; transport policy and control, Richard Knowles and Derek Hall; transport environment and energy, John Farrington; urban transport patterns, Brian Turton; urban transport problems and solutions, Brian Turton and Richard Knowles; inter-urban transport, Brian Turton; rural areas - the accessibility problem, Stephen Nutley; transport for tourism and recreation, David Halsall; bulk freight transport, David Hilling and Michael Browne; multimodal freight transport, Yehuda Hayuth; international surface passenger transport - prospects and potential, Richard Gibb and Clive Charlton; international air transport, Kenneth Sealy; transport and the future, Alan Williams.