1. 3.10.2b The role of global transport Understand how changes in transport (air, sea, land) in recent decades have resulted in reduced travel times and cheaper costs, and consequently a growth in travel.
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6. Transport services are the movement of goods and people by air, sea and land. It is because transport services cost money that imports have higher values than exports worldwide - the transport costs are included in the import price. Travel services mainly include the services and goods that are sold to tourists who visit a place. This might include a guided tour and some postcards. Exports are linked to tourist numbers, but also to the prices that tourists are charged. Together, transport and travel services constitute 13.2% of all international exports of goods. http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=93
21. Lots of land needed for airports Noise and visual pollution Very expensive to build and maintain No flexibility of routes Very expensive can carry only small loads Faster over long distances Limited congestion Good for high value transport such as people hi-tech industries and urgent cargo Air Slow Very limited routes to deep water ports Ships expensive to build / maintain Environmental problems especially pollution Ports take up great space Cheaper over long distances No cost in building the route good for bulky low cost goods e.g. coals, ores, grains Costs spread over a large cargo Water (ocean) disadvantages Advantages
22. Other related websites: http:// people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/content.html http://www.sri.com/policy/csted/reports/economics/fedex/ http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch1en/conc1en/ch1c2en.html http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/globalization/
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