Comparative North American and European gateway logistics: The regionalism of freight distribution

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-507

  Rodrigue, Jean Paul ^a   Notteboom, Theo ^b,c  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Europe; Freight; Gateway; Logistics; North America

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAINER TERMINAL; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOGISTICS; REGIONALISM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77952675694     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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