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Transport is an essential part of commerce, and as economic activity becomes more complex so the importance of transport increase. Increasing specialisation in industry means that production becomes more centralised. The result is that goods have to be sent longer distances from a few areas to consumers who are scattered. Specialisation also means that components are made in a few areas and therefore have to be moved to central areas for assembling. Transport plays an even larger part today because of the increase in trading between countries.
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© 1982 R. R. Pitfield
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Pitfield, R.R. (1982). Transport. In: Mastering Commerce. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16705-0_9
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