Transport Geographies

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

List of figures vii

Notes on contributors xi

Preface xvii

List of abbreviations xix

Part 1 Fundamentals of transport geographies 1

1 Introducing transport geographies 3
Jon Shaw, Richard Knowles and Iain Docherty

2 Transport and economic development 10
Danny MacKinnon, Gordon Pirie and Matthias Gather

3 Transport and the environment 29
Stephen Potter and Ian Bailey

4 Transport and social justice 49
Julian Hine

5 Transport governance and ownership 62
Jon Shaw, Richard Knowles and Iain Docherty

Part 2 Transport flows and spaces 81

6 Connected cities 83
Iain Docherty, Genevieve Giuliano and Donald Houston

7 Geographies of rural transport 102
David Gray, John Farrington and Andreas Kagermeier

8 Inter-urban and regional transport 120
Clive Charlton and Tim Vowles

9 Global air transport 137
Brian Graham and Andrew R. Goetz

10 International maritime freight movements 156
Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Michael Browne

11 Individual transport patterns 179
Stephen Stradling and Jillian Anable

12 Transport, tourism and leisure 196
Derek Hall

Part 3 Future transport geographies 213

13 Transport directions to the future 215
Glenn Lyons and Becky Loo

14 Revitalized transport geographies 227
John Preston and Kevin O’Connor

References 238

Index 278

"I would argue that in all aspects—insight, critique, challenge, and reflection—the editors have crafted an excellent tome and one from which undergraduates, policy makers, communities, and individuals will certainly benefit." (Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2009)

"A timely, policy-relevant and cutting-edge collection which confirms the centrality of transport not only in how we understand contemporary globalised processes, but how these mobilities and flows are intimately woven into the fabric of everyday life." (Geographical Journal, 2009)

"A valuable edited collection ... comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date guide.... A wealth of student-friendly features and the collection is lavishly illustrated ... An excellent way into the topic." (Times Higher Education)

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).

This student-friendly text brings together a formidable range of expert insight to introduce the key ideas, concepts and themes of transport geography. Using an issues-based, qualitative approach, the text features a wide range of case-study material. It explores the relationship between transport geography and wider geographical concerns, as well as connections to other areas of study – economics, engineering, environmental studies, political science, psychology, spatial planning, sociology and transport studies.

Topics emphasized in the book include:

• Centrality of transport as a creator of space and place
• Geographical development of transport systems
• Links between transport and sustainability, mobility, accessibility and spatial development

The book highlights the role of transport geography in globalization, and its interplay with economic, social and environmental geographies at a range of spatial scales. It reviews contemporary policy and the role transport geographers can play in policy debates. Both empirically informed and theoretically robust, this compelling text shows the significance of transport in terms of the needs and demands of future travel.

"This is an exceptionally well-crafted book that captures the essence of transport geography for the 21st century. It introduces a level of analysis focusing on accessibility and mobility that is fresh, innovative and very engaging. The authors provide a masterful synthesis of key issues in transport geography ... invaluable for undergraduate and graduate courses in transportation."
—David Keeling, Western Kentucky University

"Long a marginalized part of the discipline, transportation geography has long been overdue for a renaissance. This volume leads the way in this renewal, coupling a sustained engagement with contemporary theoretical concerns."
—Barney Warf, Florida State University

"This is a remarkable book – it offers a fascinating pluralistic perspective on the economic, social, environmental and institutional challenges resulting from local and global trends in mobility."
—Peter Nijkamp, Free University, Amsterdam