Mobility is essential for economic and social activities such as mobility, manufacturing or energy conservation. Each movement has its origin, a possible range of intermediate positions, a destination, and a nature associated with geographical characteristics.

Transportation systems consisting of infrastructure, roads and terminals are rooted in the social and economic life of individuals, institutions and companies that are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived vagueness of transport derives from its efficiency.

Understanding how geography relates to mobility is the main objective of this book. The third edition of the Geography of Transport Systems was revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transport. This text provides further discussion on security, energy and green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures.

Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension covering networks, patterns, terminals, transport of goods, urban transport and environmental impacts. The last chapter contains basic methodologies related to transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and GIS.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction and easy access to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods and application areas. The website accompanying this text contains useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases and links for more reading and websites.

The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for university students studying the geography of transport, as well as interest in economic and urban geography, transportation planning and engineering.

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