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Ports and Economic Location Factors (New Page)

October 31, 2018 Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Added a new page where the growing complexity of location factors in manufacturing and freight distribution are discussed.

Ports and Economic Location Factors

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Efficiency and Sustainability in Multimodal Supply Chains

World’s major container ports, 2015 (updated)

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The Geography of Transport Systems
FIFTH EDITION
Jean-Paul Rodrigue (2020), New York: Routledge, 456 pages. ISBN 978-0-367-36463-2

doi.org/10.4324/9780429346323

Table of Contents

1. Transportation and Geography
2. Transportation and Spatial Structure
3. Transportation, Economy and Society
4. Transport, Energy and Environment
5. Transportation Modes
6. Transportation Terminals
7. Trade, Logistics and Freight Distribution
8. Urban Transportation
9. Transport Planning and Policy
10. Challenges for Transport Geography
A. Methods in Transport Geography
B. Applications and Case Studies

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Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor of Geography at Hofstra University. His research interests cover transportation and economics as they relate to logistics and global freight distribution. Specific topics include maritime transport systems, global supply chains, gateways and transport corridors.

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