Author: Jean-Paul Rodrigue

An overview of the geography of global oil production and consumption.

The last three sections have been reordered with Challenges to Transport Geography becoming the last chapter (#10). Methods and cases studies have been reformulated as appendixes (A & B). This enables a better continuity of the text, leaving supporting material at the end.

Added a page discussing the main possible configurations of value chains and the respective challenges they are facing; massification, consolidation, deconsolidation and distribution.

I appear on a CBC (@sparkcbc; Canadian Radio) podcast concerning the future of transportation. The interview can be accessed using the link below. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/planning-the-future-of-transportation-think-sustainability-social-equity-experts-say-1.5738909

The Geography of Transport Systems has been upgraded with a new theme offering a clearer visual interface and more consistent with the cover of the published 5th edition. This particularly includes the color palette.

Provided a primer about the three core dimensions of trade facilitation; integration, distribution and transactions.

Added a primer explaining the rationale for trade, which is articulated around the concepts of necessity, convenience, scarcity and abundance.

Added a new page in the Transport Policy section detailing the four major bottlenecks to logistics policy (capacity, operations, institutions and labor).

An overview of the main competitive factors of multinational corporations compared to corporations that are more domestically constrained.

Completed the update and revision of the section covering value chains, including graphic elements. Please feel free to use the material for educational purposes in supply chain management.