Nature and Scope of Transport Geography: A Review
Keywords:
Transport, geography, informationAbstract
Transport geography is a sub discipline of geography that is concerned with the mobility of freight, people, and information. It seeks to understand the spatial organization of mobility by considering its attributes and constraints as they relate to the origin, destination, extent, nature, and purpose of movements. This entry reviews the main principles of transport geography, how relevant transportation is at different scales and how transport geography has emerged to address contemporary challenges in the mobility of passengers, freight, and information.
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