Globalisation - Transport

Geography: Cambridge International GCSE (2027 Exams), topic 9.2.2

Transport

Transport is more reliable and faster in the present-day because of modern technology.

Air travel means that a fresh and constant supply of goods (e.g. fruit) can be brought in from across the world.
Because aeroplanes can make international flights from regional airports, places other than capital cities are easily accessible for business and tourism purposes.
For example, you can fly internationally from Birmingham Airport, and East Midlands Airport, rather than just from London Heathrow.
Budget airlines make flights affordable to lots of people and markets.

Containerisation refers to ships and lorries working together to move goods around.
Containerisation means the use of large boxes (called containers) that can be put on heavy goods vehicles, freight trains or ships using cranes.
Containers have standard sizes, and are filled with goods and transported by road or rail from the factory to a ship.
The ship can transport up to 21,000 containers at a time from multiple factories.

There are more cars per household in richer societies, especially in middle class families where there are often two or more cars for each family.
High-speed trains now make transport easier.
For example, France’s TGV.
Japan’s Shinkansen (or “bullet train”), which can travel at speeds up to 320 km/h.
Roads and motorways make travel between major cities much faster for cars and lorries.