The Geography of Transport Systems

Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructur...

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Main Authors: Rodrigue, Jean-Paul, Comtois, Claude (Author), Slack, Brian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2006
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