Transport or transportation involves the movement of people, animals and goods between locations. It is important for enabling trade and development. Transport infrastructure consists of fixed installations like roads, railways, and terminals for passengers and cargo. Terminals are used for interchange and maintenance. Transport infrastructure allows for the movement of people and goods between locations globally and within countries.

1. TRANSPORT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P19

2. TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods
from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water,
cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles
and operations. Transport is important because it enables trade between
people, which is essential for the development of civilizations.
• Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations including roads,
railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines and terminals such as
airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals,
refuelling depots (including fuelling docks and fuel stations) and seaports.
Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for
maintenance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport

3. QUESTIONS FOR YOUR
RESEARCH PROJECT

4. GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• Why do countries maintain transport links between each other and
when might they close them?
• Why do some countries have better public transport systems and
infrastructures than others?
• In what way might land-locked countries be disadvantaged?

5. LOCAL/NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• How could the system of public transport be improved in my country?
• How has transport changed in my country over the last century?
• How are some people disadvantaged in my country because of where
they live?

6. FAMILY/PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
• What methods of transport do I regularly use?
• In what way does transport infrastructure affect where my family
lives?
• Why is the speed of a journey more important to me than its quality?

7. WEBSITES
www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab79
The history of transport and travel.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7055720.ece
Article about the online electric vehicle.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4652534.stm - Article about future
transportation.
www.futureagenda.org/?p=326 Discussion about transport – global
challenges.