Overview
While the operational realities of intermodal transport are relatively well known, the institutional challenges are less well understood. This book provides an overview of intermodal transport and logistics including the policy background, emerging industry trends and academic approaches. Establishing the three key features of intermodal transport geography as intermodal terminals, inland logistics and hinterland corridors, Jason Monios takes an institutional approach to understanding the difficulties of successful intermodal transport and logistics. Key areas of investigation include the policy and planning background, the roles of public and private stakeholders and the identification of emerging strategy conflicts. Substantial empirical content situates the theoretical and practical issues in real-world examples via three detailed case study chapters (covering the USA, UK and Europe), making the book useful to students as well as practitioners desiring an understanding of how intermodal transport and logistics work in practice. The identified challenges to intermodal transport and logistics are used to demonstrate how competing port and inland strategies can inhibit the necessary processes of integration required to underpin successful intermodal transport. The book concludes with a look at the future of institutional adaptation that may enhance the capacity of freight actors to engage with intermodal transport developments.
Full Product Details
Author: Jason Monios ,
Professor Markus Hesse ,
Professor Richard Knowles
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.600kg
ISBN: 9781472423214
ISBN 10: 1472423216
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 25 September 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Intermodal transport systems necessarily transgress established jurisdictions, complicating the planning and governing task. Through rich comparative case studies of ports, inland terminals and corridors in the UK, Europe and US, Jason Monios convincingly shows that institutional configurations make a difference - not only to port and logistics chain performance, but ultimately to quality of life in port-regions.'Peter V. Hall, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Author Information
Dr Jason Monios is a Research Fellow at the Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, where he leads research and consultancy projects in the Maritime Transport & Logistics Research Group. His primary research area is intermodal freight transport, with a specific interest in the relations between ports and inland terminals in managing hinterland access.
