authors:- Tiffin, John.
- Kissling, C. C. 1940-
subjects:- Transportation
- Communication and traffic.
- Business logistics
publishers:ISBN:- 0749450703 (hbk.) :
- 9780749450700 (hbk.)
description:notes:- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index.
- 1 Transport plus communications equals globalization: an overview Introduction Telecommunications Transport Human communications IT Globalization Transport communications 2 We are not trees and we are not sharks: transport communications theory Introduction We are not trees and we are not sharks Organization theory Systems theory and cybernetics theory Information theory Network theory Fractals Nodes Hubs Location theory 3 The networks enabling transport systems (NETS) Introduction Abstract and concrete networks NETS What is transported: people and freight The senders and receivers of transport NETS intelligence: transport services providers NETS 1: transport infrastructures NETS 2: traffic networks NETS 3: regulatory networks NETS 4: communications networks NETS 5: auxiliary services providers (ASPs) NETS 6: skills networks Transport communications theory 4 First order meaning: clear transport communications Introduction First order signification Codes and signs Information and redundancy Transport signage Perception Signage heuristics Wayfinding behaviour Signage and IT 5 Second order meaning: fantastic transport communications Introduction Second order signification Critical theory Symbolic interactionism Cognitive dissonance The aesthetics of transport communications Organizational communications IT and second order signification 6 Transport paradigms and the episteme of globalization Introduction Paradigm Transport paradigms and syntagms The transport studies paradigm Epistemes Paradigm shifts and epistemic shifts Paradigm shifts in transport at the site level (181--21) Paradigm shifts in transport at the urban level (181--21) Paradigm shifts in transport at the national level (181--21) Paradigm shifts in transport at the global level (181--21) The epistemic shifts of the 186s and 196s The episteme of globalization Paradigms and the NETS 7 Intelligent transport: the new communications technologies Introduction Nanotechnology Clever clothes HyperReality Artificial intelligence (AI) New technologies and epistemes 8 Seeking space: water and air transport Introduction The fractal levels of water transport networks The fractal levels of air transport networks Infrastructure networks in water and air transport Traffic networks Skills networks Regulatory networks Communications networks Auxiliary services providers (ASPs) Transport services providers (TSPs) Seeking space 9 Driven: land transport by road and rail Introduction The fractal levels of land transport networks Land transport infrastructures Traffic networks Skills networks Regulatory networks Auxiliary services providers (ASPs) Communications networks Driving as communicating The future for land transport 10 Walking the walk to talk the talk: pedestrian transport Introduction Walking talking transport communication
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