An overview of the air transport industry, particularly its development and network structure. It also discusses extensively the significant impacts of the pandemic on the industry and the ongoing recovery.
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A comprehensive overview of intermodalism and the role of the container as a transport, production and distribution unit. Much of what constitutes international trade and global supply chains have been made possible by containerization. 5.6 – Intermodal Transportation and Containerization | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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I provided an interview and a series of maps to the coastal science magazine Hakai depicting the history of containerization. Maps about container port activity in 1970, 1995, and 2020 are available.
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Provides an overview of the geography of maritime shipping with the latest information available. 5.4 – Maritime Transportation | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org) The maritime transportation sector is extensively discussed in Port Economics, Management and Policy.
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A comprehensive review of the material, including the development of intermodal and high-speed rail networks. There is also a section on pipelines. 5.3 – Rail Transportation and Pipelines | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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Mostly relates to current data concerning car manufacturing and road transport demand factors. 5.2 – Road Transportation | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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Covers a basic introduction to transportation modes and the concepts of modal competition and modal shift. Passenger and freight transportation often compete over the same road infrastructures. A trend has been to separate passenger and freight modes. 5.1 – Transportation Modes, Modal Competition and Modal Shift | The Geography of
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An overview of the concept of sustainable transportation and the complexity of its conceptualization and implementation. Decarbonization is the outcome of the evolution of sustainability into a more practical field of application. 4.4 – Transportation, Sustainability and Decarbonization | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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An analysis of the physical footprint of transportation systems and their environmental impacts, including modes and terminals. 4.3 – The Environmental Footprint of Transportation | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
Continue readingThe concept of inventory in transit at freight terminals
Freight terminals are not only responsible to transfer goods from one mode to another, but also hold a large quantity of cargo that can be considered in transit, but at the terminal. Inventory in Transit at Freight Terminals | The Geography of Transport Systems (transportgeography.org)
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