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Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought: Disney Cartoons and Countryside

American Studies in Scandinavia, 2016
The influence of popular cartoons on environmental cognition is explored in this essay through readings of Mickey’s Trailer, a 1938 cartoon directed by Ben Sharpsteen for Walt Disney.
Joe Goddard
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Evolution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of City Networks in China: A Case Study of Cross-Regional Automobile Enterprises

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
The optimization of the spatial structure of the city network is conducive to the scientific spatial distribution of industries and the promotion of coordinated regional development.
Daming Xu, Weiliang Shen
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An analysis of household transportation spending during the 2007-2009 US economic recession [PDF]

, 2014
The recent economic recession in the United States led to widespread destruction of jobs, home foreclosures, credit freeze and to creditor repossessions of key assets such as personal cars. Our objective is to empirically assess transportation conditions
Mallon-Keita, Yaye, Thakuriah, Piyushimita   +1 more
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Analysing the Effects of Land Use on the Choice of Intra-Zonal Trip Destinations – A Comparison Between Weekday and Weekend Travel

Promet (Zagreb), 2020
Among the studies on the land use – travel relationship, few investigated it regarding weekend travel and destination choice. This study accordingly evaluates how the land use - destination choice relationship differs between weekdays and weekends using ...
Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim
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Potential autonomous vehicle ownership growth in Hungary using the Gompertz model

Production Engineering Archives, 2023
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are anticipated to bring forth a multitude of advantages for upcoming mobility.These potential benefits and many others vary substantially by the market share of AVs.
Alatawneh Anas, Torok Adam
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Are Foreign Multinationals More Efficient? A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis of Malaysia’s Automobile Industry

International Journal of Management Studies, 2008
This paper compares the sources of total factor productivity (TFP) growth of foreign (establishments with 51% and above foreign equity ownership) and local establishments in Malaysia’s automotive sector by applying a stochastic production frontier to a
Noor Aini Khalifah, Basri Abdul Talib, Putri Zharifa Amdun   +2 more
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Economic Well-Being in Rural Communities: The Role of Agriculture [PDF]

Throughout the developed world, the share of agriculture in total income of the rural population is declining. This is due to push and pull factors. On one hand, terms of trade of agriculture are falling and farmers are forced to seek additional income ...
Kimhi, Ayal
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17-09 Assessing the Impact of Air Pollution on Public Health Along Transit Routes [PDF]

, 2019
Transportation sources account for a large proportion of the pollutants found in most urban areas. Also, transportation activity and intensity appear likely to contribute to the risk of respiratory disease occurrence.
Arabi, Mehrdad, Famili, Sina, Hyun, Kyung (Kate), Mattingly, Stephen, Rad, Shirin Kamali   +4 more
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Beijing’s Peak Car Transition: Hope for Emerging Cities in the 1.5 °C Agenda

Urban Planning, 2018
Peak car has happened in most developed cities, but for the 1.5 °C agenda the world also needs emerging cities to go through this transition. Data on Beijing shows that it has reached peak car over the past decade.
Yuan Gao, Peter Newman
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On the Link between Urban Form and Automobile Use - Evidence from German Survey Data [PDF]

This study investigates the influence of urban form on automobile travel using travel-diary data from Germany. Two dimensions of car use are considered: the discrete decision to own a car and the continuous decision of distance traveled.
Colin Vance, Ralf Hedel
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