Review
It provides a clear overview of the field and emphasizes spatial thinking with regard to transport topics, methods, and policies. Its topics and methods can easily be integrated with a variety of quantitative or qualitative methods and assignments, and will povide students with a broad but rigorous introduction to many of the topics and issues in the field of transport geography. - Journal of Regional Science, Vol 47, No 3, 2007
This book is a nice synthesis of concepts, methods, and conventional as well as contemporary issues related to transport geography... a comprehensive and valuable introduction to the field of transport geography, which we would recommend for use as a textbook for undergraduate transport students and non-transport professionals. - Journal of Transport Geography 15 (2007)
Rodrigue, Comtois and Slack have produced a valuable overview of the challenges facing contemporary transport systems suitable for practitioners in a range of related fields as well as a concise and comprehensive introduction to transport Geography for an undergraduate audience - Julie Clark, University of Glasgow (2008)
Product Description
This second edition offers new topics and approaches that have emerged as critical issues in contemporary transport systems, including security, energy, supply chain management and GIS-T.