Elsevier Transport Nodal System

Product Description Transport Nodal System provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of transport nodes and nodal systems, focusing on economic, operational, management, planning, policy, regulation and sustainability perspectives. Through a deep analysis on different types of transport nodes from diverse perspectives, this book shows the major issues and challenges that transport node planners, managers, and policymakers face, and how to address them. The book provides a clear framework for identifying the common attributes across all nodes that contribute to the efficient operations, planning, and management of transport facilities. Transport nodes such as seaports, inland terminals, airports, highways, and railroads are hubs in a multimodal transportation network that facilitate the smooth operation of passengers and freight. The book uniquely uses the transport node itself rather than a specific type of structure for a specific type of transport mode as the primary focus of analysis. While stressing the importance of transport nodes in developing efficient logistics and supply chains, the book also demonstrates that transport nodes are geographically embedded within a particular location, and that operations are inevitably affected by local factors, such as culture, the economy, the political and regulatory environment and other institutions. Review A holistic interdisciplinary approach to understanding transport nodes that identifies and addresses gaps in the nodal system across all modes About the Author Adolf K.Y. Ng is a Professor of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba and the Director of their Transport Institute. Obtained his DPhil from University of Oxford, he is a co-editor of Climate Change and Adaptation Planning for Ports (Routledge, Aug-15), a co-author of Port-Focal Logistics and Global Supply Chains (Palgrave Macmillan, Feb 14), and the author of more than 60 journal articles. Currently, he is the Associate Editor of Maritime Policy & Management, Senior Editor of European Journal of International Management, Co-Editor of Journal of Transport Literature, Associate Editor of The Maritime Economist, an Editorial Board Member of several reputable scholarly journals in transport and logistics, and a Council Member of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME). Changmin Jiang is Assistant Professor of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba and an Associate of their Transport Institute. He is considered one of the leading worldwide young scholars of aviation, rail, and maritime transport economics and policy. Paul D. Larson, Ph.D. is the CN Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba. He is also currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow/Professor in SCM and Social Responsibility at Hanken University. From 2005 to 2011, he was Head of the SCM Department and Director of the Transport Institute at the University of Manitoba. From 2006 to 2009, he led a curriculum development team, creating a new accreditation program for the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC), which has since merged with Supply Chain Logistics Canada to become the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA). The Institute for Supply Management (ISM), under its former name, National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM), funded Dr. Larson’s doctoral dissertation, which won the 1991 Academy of Marketing Science/Alpha Kappa Psi award. In 2012, working with the Greater Toronto Leadership Project, he wrote Supplier Diversity in the GTA: Business Case and Best Practices. Dr. Larson serves on the Editorial Review Boards of Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Supply Chain Mana. . On February 18, 2017, he stood at Uhuru peak, Tanzania, the highest point in Africa, for a second time. He can be reached via e-mail at: larson@cc.umanitoba.ca. Barry Prentice is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Univer