This expanded and revised fifth edition provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods and areas of application. It provides an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation and focuses on how the mobility of passengers and freight is linked with geography.

Jean-Paul Rodrigue is Professor in the Department of Geography and Global Studies at Hofstra University, New York. His research interests primarily cover issues related to freight transportation, logistics and globalization, particularly over North America, Latin American and the Caribbean and Pacific Asia. His recent work is focusing on the integration of maritime and inland freight distribution systems through the setting of gateways and corridors and the impacts of containerization on freight distribution.

1. Transportation and Geography 2. Transportation and the 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. Methods in Transport Geography Conclusion: Challenges for Transport Geography