This book into series of books on geography delves into the relatively new sub-branch of urban geography, transport geography. Analysing the original and development of the field, the book delineates the concerns of transport geography, relating especially to the concept of ribbon development, economic, political, social and cultural dynamics, as well as spatial arrangement of transport facilities within landscapes.
The book also makes a comprehensive evaluation of the practical implications of the field including those in resource inventory surveys, urban and regional development, as well as environmental assessments. The visual description of the field is provided by the illustrations and diagrams in the book, and the discussion of the methodologies and techniques used in the practical applications of the field serve to give a sufficient overview of the process of working within the ambit transport geography.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amarjit Sinha
Dr. Amarjit Sinha obtained his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in geography. He has a brilliant academic record to his credit and he has been awarded with several prizes, including gold medals and scholarships. At present, he is working as a senior lecturer in geography. His area of research activity has been agricultural and environmental geography. He is engaged in research and teaching for more than one and half decades. He has published a number of research papers in various journals, proceeding and edited books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Subhah Mehtani
Dr. Subhah Mehtani, an assistant professor of physical geography has been acclaimed as a leading specialist of Indian physical geography. He has been a recipient of many awards for his academic excellence. As a keen analyst of geographical events, he denies to accept geography to be a holistic subject for pedagogic treatment but tries to see it as a very positivist subject for re-inventing it into a front-line discipline. As an erudite scholar and a prolific writer, he has credits. He is a widely traveled person both in India and abroad.
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