Knowles

Transport Geographies

Mobilities, Flows and Spaces
Herausgegeben von Knowles, Richard; Shaw, Jon; Docherty, Iain

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 180mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781405153225
• ISBN-10: 1405153229
• Artikelnr.: 23838189

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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