GGR370H5 Lecture 6: GGR370 Lecture 6
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Corridors up to a few kilometers wide. Use routes that follow great circle distances (cid:8869) an arc on a sphere"s surface represents the shortest distance between two points. Represents both ocean and fluvial (river) travel ( same type of transportation, but satisfy different kind of travel ) Africa , australia , asia (except china) Do not have access to port facilities but it means that agreements between neighboring countries must be met to provide access to such locations. Exclusion from direct access to the ocean ifluvial waterways = international trade becomes much more expensive and may impair economic development within the country. Landlocked countries need to use neighboring countries for maritime trade. Must acquire legal agreements to use ports. " a country can be relatively landlocked by inadequate infrastructure. Importers and exporters were using a port in a different country passenger transportation does exist for the maritime shipping industry.
