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Transport Communications : = Understanding Global Networks Enabling Transport Services.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Transport Communications :/
其他題名:	Understanding Global Networks Enabling Transport Services.
作者:	Tiffin, John.
其他作者:	Kissling, Chris.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (256 pages)
標題:	Communication and traffic.;Telecommunication.;Transportation. -
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ISBN:	9780749452490

Transport Communications : = Understanding Global Networks Enabling Transport Services.
Tiffin, John.

Transport Communications :Understanding Global Networks Enabling Transport Services. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (256 pages)

Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Imprint -- List of figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Transport plus communications equals globalization: an overview -- Introduction -- Telecommunications -- Transport -- Human communications -- Globalization -- Transport communications -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 5 Second order meaning: fantastic transport communications -- Introduction -- Second order signification -- Critical theory -- Symbolic interactionism -- Cognitive dissonance -- The aesthetics of transport communications -- First- and second-order meaning in organizational communications -- IT and second order signification -- Chapter 6 Transport paradigms and the episteme of globalization -- Introduction -- Paradigm -- Transport paradigms and syntagms -- The transport studies paradigm -- Epistemes.

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.

ISBN: 9780749452490Subjects--Topical Terms:

1373937
Communication and traffic.;Telecommunication.;Transportation.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HE151.T54 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 384

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505 8 $a The 'in transport' phase -- The 'after delivery' phase -- Third party logistics -- Travel agents as 3PLs -- Global containerized freight -- Case study: the cool chain for meat -- Conclusions -- Chapter 12 Troubles in transport -- Introduction -- Terrorism -- War and genocide -- Threats from the natural environment -- Danger from disease -- Automania -- Cattle class -- Boat people -- The perfect storm -- Chapter 13 Scenarios of globalization -- Introduction -- The doomsday scenario -- The low carbon economy scenario -- The u-scenario -- Smart villages and clever cottages -- The matrix -- Seacities and skycities -- Powered pedestrians -- The personal pod -- Which scenario? -- The global episteme -- References -- Index.
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