Transport communications understanding global networks enabling transport services /

• Main Author: Tiffin, John.
• Other Authors: Kissling, C. C. 1940-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2007.
• Subjects: Communication and traffic.; Transportation.; Telecommunication.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Media & Communications. > Industries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.; Kommunikation.; Supply Chain Management.; Globalisierung.; Transportproblem.; Communication.; Transport.; Télécommunications.; Electronic books.
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The authors examine how existing modes of transport can be made more effective by the use of modern communications technology They show how possible future developments will continue to revolutionize transport systems, leading to better, cleaner, more cost effective systems.

Table of Contents:

• Half Title Page; Title Page; Imprint; List of figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Transport plus communications equals globalization: an overview; Chapter 2 We are not trees and we are not sharks: transport communications theory; Chapter 3 The networks enabling transport systems (NETS); Chapter 4 First order meaning: clear transport communications; Chapter 5 Second order meaning: fantastic transport communications; Chapter 6 Transport paradigms and the episteme of globalization; Chapter 7 Intelligent transport: the new communications technologies