Geography of Transportation and Industry

Outline [Indicative only -- Refer to the syllabus for a specific semester for the actual course outline.]

Class 1: Introduction to Course
Class 2: The Perspective of Transportation Geography CH 1
Class 3: Transportation and Historical Geography CH 2

Class 4: The Transportation Revolution
Class 5: Contemporary Transport Systems CH 3
Class 6: The Automobile and the Geography It Has Made

Class 7: Danger at Sea: Ocean Freight in the Global Economy
Class 8: World-Shapers: The Geographical Implications of Jet Aircraft
Class 9: Elements of Transportation Networks CH 4

Class 10: Measurement of Networks Part I CH 5
Class 11: Measurement of Networks Part II
Class 12: The Analysis of Global Airline Networks

Class 13: Routes and Links CH 6
Class 14: Trade and Commodity Flows CH 7
Class 15: Trade and Pacific Air Cargo Networks

Class 16: Exam #1
Class 17: Flow Analysis Part I CH 8
Class 18: Flow Anaysis Part II CH 9

Class 19: The Gravity Model Part I CH 10
Class 20: The Gravity Model Part II
Class 21: Spatial Choices: Destinations, Modes, and Routes CH 11

Class 22: Transportation Polcy CH 12
Class 23: The Place of the Car
Class 24: Transportation Planning CH 13

Class 25: Transportation Planning in the Fox Valley
Class 26: Transportation Impact Analysis CH 14
Class 27: Transportation and the Environment CH 15

Class 28: Low Cost Airlines and the Environment
Class 29: SUVs and the Environment
Class 30: Exam #2

Class 31: Transportation and Economic Development CH 16
Class 32: Transportation and Logistics
Class 33: Supply Chain Management and Workers

Class 34: Society and Transportation CH 18
Class 35: Automobility
Class 36: Urban Transportation

Class 37: Urban Transportation in the Developing World
Class 38: Urban Congestion CH 19
Class 39: Urban Congestion in the USA

Class 40: Sustainable Transportation CH 20
Class 41: The Future of Transportation Geography CH 21
Class 42: Exam #3