The Geography of Transport Systems

The updated fourth edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods and areas of application and is essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography. It provides an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation and focuses on how the mobility of passengers and freight is linked with geography. With over 160 updated figures, it presents transportation systems at different scales ranging from global to local and focuses on different contexts such as North America, Europe and East Asia. A companion website is available at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/