An introduction to transportation geography : transport, mobility, and place /: transport, mobility, and place. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julie Cidell.
• Authors: Cidell, Julie
• Contents: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Introducing Transportation Geography Organization of This Book Thinking Broadly about Transport Final Introductory Thoughts <span style="font-weight:bold;">2 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Moving Stuff around the World: Shipping, Waterways, and Logistics 2.1. Moving Stuff around the World <span style="font-style:italic;">Shipping Containers and Global Logistics <span style="font-style:italic;">Containers and Economic Globalization <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 2.2. National Waterways <span style="font-style:italic;">Building Waterways <span style="font-style:italic;">Using the Waterways <span style="font-style:italic;">Reusing the Waterways <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 2.3. Shipping and Spin-Offs <span style="font-style:italic;">Breaking the Bulk <span style="font-style:italic;">Shipping Containers and a New Kind of Bulk <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 2.4. Where Water and Land Meet: The Anyport Model <span style="font-style:italic;">Stage One: Primitive or Medieval Ports <span style="font-style:italic;">Stage Two: Expanding Cityport <span style="font-style:italic;">Stage Three: Modern Industrial <span style="font-style:italic;">Stage Four: Specialization <span style="font-style:italic;">Stage Five: Redevelopment <span style="font-style:italic;">Anyport beyond the Coastline <span style="font-style:italic;">Beyond the Individual Cityport <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 2.5. Working on the Water Longshoremen Polynesian Navigation Conclusion <span style="font-weight:bold;">3 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Flying Around: Aviation, Airports, and Airlines 3.1. Flying around the World <span style="font-style:italic;">Geographies of Air Travel <span style="font-style:italic;">Power Relations <span style="font-style:italic;">Aeromobility <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 3.2. National Governments and Aviation <span style="font-style:italic;">Aviation and National Identity <span style="font-style:italic;">Regulating Aviation <span style="font-style:italic;">Deregulating Aviation <span style="font-style:italic;">From Deregulation to Privatization <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 3.3. Aviation and Metropolitan Regions <span style="font-style:italic;">Airports and Regional Economic Development <span style="font-style:italic;">The Southwest Effect <span style="font-style:italic;">Low-Cost Carriers <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 3.4. Airports on the Local Scale <span style="font-style:italic;">Airport-City Relationships <span style="font-style:italic;">The Aerotropolis Concept <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 3.5. Aviation and the Individual <span style="font-style:italic;">Airport Security and Surveillance <span style="font-style:italic;">Airport Noise and Emissions <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion <span style="font-weight:bold;">4 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Riding the Rails: Railroads, Trains, and Trails 4.1. Railways as International, Not Global <span style="font-style:italic;">Background on the Belt and Road Initiative <span style="font-style:italic;">The Silk Railroad? <span style="font-style:italic;">The Globalization of Chinese Railroads <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 4.2. Railroads as Empire-Builders <span style="font-style:italic;">Extracting Resources with Railroads <span style="font-style:italic;">The US Midwest <span style="font-style:italic;">Colonies as Resource Extraction <span style="font-style:italic;">Establishing Power from a Distance <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 4.3. Creating New Regions through Fixed Links <span style="font-style:italic;">The Channel Tunnel <span style="font-style:italic;">The Øresund Fixed Link <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 4.4. Railroads on the Local Scale <span style="font-style:italic;">Railroad Deregulation <span style="font-style:italic;">Redeveloping the Rails <span style="font-style:italic;">Rails to Trails <span style="font-style:italic;">Railyards to Yards <span style="font-style:italic;">High-Speed Rail and Local Development <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 4.5. The Body and Trains The Need for Speed Sharing Space Conclusion <span style="font-weight:bold;">5 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Automobility: Cars, Roads, and Streets 5.1. Automobility <span style="font-style:italic;">Automobility as an Industry <span style="font-style:italic;">Cars as Objects of Consumption <span style="font-style:italic;">Automobility and Individual Mobility <span style="font-style:italic;">Automobility as the Dominant Culture <span style="font-style:italic;">Automobility and Natural Resource Use <span style="font-style:italic;">Automobility as a “Machinic Complex” <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 5.2. National Highway Networks <span style="font-style:italic;">Premodern Roads <span style="font-style:italic;">Building a National Highway System <span style="font-style:italic;">The Effects of the US Interstate Highway System <span style="font-style:italic;">The Golden Quadrilateral <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 5.3. Roads and the Regional Environment <span style="font-style:italic;">Regional Air Pollution <span style="font-style:italic;">Lead Emissions <span style="font-style:italic;">Particulate Matter <span style="font-style:italic;">Nitrogen Dioxide <span style="font-style:italic;">Ozone Production <span style="font-style:italic;">Evacuations <span style="font-style:italic;">Severing Regional Links <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion 5.4. Local Roads <span style=
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 381.09; Commercial geography; Economic geography; Transportation -- Social aspects; Transportation -- Political aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538129401
• Related ISBNs: 9781538129388; 9781538129395
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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