Redirections in Transport Geography

Bibliographic Data

ID11949725
AuthorsPeter J Rimmer (0000-0002-0528-6154, Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume2
Issue1
Pages76-100
Publication date1978-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProgress in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/030913257800200105
OpenAlexW1603749243
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited47

Transport geography lacks a unique identity. The role of the engineer, economist and even the sociologist is becoming widely accepted in multidisciplinary transport studies but that of the geographer is not self-evident. This identity crisis stems from the widespread borrowing from other disciplines that has characterized transport geography's development. If this dilemma is to be resolved there is a pressing need to specify what the transport geographer's particular contribution could be in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary transport studies. Before attempting to redirect the subdiscipline towards a unique identity the derivative nature of the evolution of transport geography has to be reviewed

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