TRANSPORTATION GEOGRAPHY: COMMENTS AND READINGS

This textbook is a compilation of articles and papers by various authors and is presented under seven headings as follows: part (1) transportation geography: an overview; part (2) network analysis (graph theoretic concepts, connectivity of the interstate highway system, linkage importance in a regional highway network, population and accessibility: an analysis of Turkish railroads); part (3) flow analysis (concepts and methods in commodity flow analysis, the application of linear programming to geographic problems, aggregation and gravity models: some empirical evidence, least cost flows in a capacitated network: a Brazilian example); part (4) modal systems (the geography of railroad piggyback operations, ships and shipping: the geographical consequences of technological progress, elements in inter-port competition in the United States, development of air transport); part (5) interdependencies-systems and circulation (government influence on transport decision-making in Thailand, air travel: towards a behavioral geography of discretionary travel, the geography of communications, flows of information and the location of economic activities, spatial reorganization: a model and concept); part (6) specific problem areas (transport expansion in underdeveloped countries: a comparative analysis, transportation planning in developing countries, evaluating construction prorities of farm-to-market roads in developing countries: a case study, depressed regions and transportation investment, transport inputs at urban residential sites, automobile commuting in large suburbs: a comparative analysis of private car use in the daily journey to work, land use travel movement relationships, micromovement and the urban dweller); part (7) development of transportation geography. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill Book Company Limited, England

  Shoppenhangers Road
  Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2QL,   England 
• Authors:
  • Eliot, A R
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 528 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Analysis; Commodity flow; Containerization; Containers; Costs; Developing countries; Freight transportation; Geography; Highways; International trade; Linear programming; Linear systems; Marine terminals; Mathematical models; Modal split; Network analysis; Network analyzers; Networks; Passenger transportation; Passengers; Piggyback transportation; Policy; Port structures; Ports; Private transportation; Public transit; Railroads; Residential areas; Suburbs; Traffic flow; Transportation; Travel demand; Urban areas; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: Asia; Brazil; South America; Thailand; Turkey; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Railway
• ITRD Terms: 8005: Asia; 8012: Brazil; 1020: Container (freight); 150: Developing countries; 2755: Highway; 6484: Linear system; 6473: Mathematical model; 1054: Network (traffic); 173: Policy; 1098: Port; 1063: Railway network; 307: Residential area; 8104: South America; 304: Suburbs; 8113: Thailand; 671: Traffic flow; 8117: Turkey; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133632
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM