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Transport and communications are usually studied as separate subjects, yet they are interdependent, and advances in communications technology makes this critical in global supply chains. Transport Communications, the first book to integrate the two disciplines, explains taheir mutual dependency and how their relationship has led to trade globalization. Fundamental to this concept is a three-dimensional matrix called NETS (Networks Enabling Transport Systems),which can be applied to land, sea and air travel at every level to improve supply chain management. Future communications technologies and their impact on transport are also examined, as well as current issues such as global warming, terrorism, pandemics and carbon-based fuels. About The Author John Tiffin is a futurologist in the fields of education, communications and transport. He is a Professor Emeritus of Communications Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. Chris Kissling is Professor of Transport Studies at Lincoln University, New Zealand and a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and The Royal Aeronautical Society. Table of Contents Transport plus communications equals globalization: an overview We are not trees and we are not sharks: transport communications theory The networks enabling transport systems (NETS) First order meaning:clear transport communications Second order meaning: fantastic transport communications Transport paradigms and the episteme of globalization Intelligent transport: the new communications technologies Seeking space: water and air transport Driven: land transport by road and rail Walking the walk to talk the talk: pedestrian transport Communications for transport logistics and global supply chains Troubles in transport Scenarios of globalization