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The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer, John Taukäve, Maria Sahib, Eldine Glees, Aseri Driu, Joshua Lakabung, Atina Schutz, Joseph H. Genz, Shania G. Tamagyongfal, Jerolynn K. Myazoe, Alexander Mawyer, Alson Kelen, Larry Raigetal, Raffael Held, Andrew Irvin, Morgan Wairiu, Peter Nuttall, Transform Aqorau, Kyrie Lalauvaki, Aileen Sefeti, John Kautoke   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying strategic design to stand out in the cargo bike market. : Development of a cargo bike for non-cargo bike people.

, 2019
I denna rapport redovisas ett examensarbete på mastersnivå inom utbildningen Teknisk Design på Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan i Stockholm, på uppdrag av företaget Rawbike. Syftet med projektarbetet var att skapa ett marknadsstrategiskt design- och konstruktionsförslag på en lastcykel som skulle kunna bredda Rawbikes befintliga publik och inkludera fler ...
Mikkelsen, Anna, Wernberg, Moa
openaire   +1 more source

Policies and Strategies for Cargo Bike Goods Movement in California

, 2023
This white paper presents the synthesis of the literature on the use of cargo bikes for urban goods movement with a particular focus on four barrier and opportunity domains: physical and spatial; economic; political and legal; and social and cultural.
Fitch-Polse, Dillon, Mohiuddin, Hossain, Jaller, Miguel   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Cargo bikes as an alternative to motorized freight traffic in Vienna [PDF]

, 2014
Kurzfassung Lastenräder - darunter zu verstehen sind Fahrräder mit speziellen Vorrichtungen zum Transport von Gütern und Waren - können im urbanen Güterverkehr eine wesentliche Alternative zum Transport mit Kraftfahrzeugen (Kfz) darstellen.
Stadlbauer, Severin
core   +1 more source

A modelling framework to support the development of last-mile urban freight distribution systems based on the use of cargo bikes

European Transport / Trasporti Europei
Nowadays there is a growing interest in cargo bikes to mitigate the detrimental effects of urban freight transport, since the last-mile segment of freight delivery process is being challenged to reduce the number of vehicles, the distance travelled and ...
Luca Mantecchini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn, John D. Turner, Clive B. Walker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The aesthetic sublime of megaproject structures: A framework and a research agenda

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The physical structures of megaprojects—such as mega‐canals, metros, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, and iconic opera houses—hold a profound capacity to generate aesthetic experiences with enduring societal impact. Yet, research on megaprojects has predominantly focused on functionality and economic rationale with aesthetics being pushed to ...
Federica De Molli, Alfons van Marrewijk, Arne Carlsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulation of B2C e-commerce distribution in Antwerp using cargo bikes and delivery points

European Transport Research Review, 2017
Purpose The growth of e-commerce is accompanied by an increasing distribution of parcels in cities resulting in externalities like traffic congestion or emissions. As a consequence, different delivery concepts like bike deliveries or delivery points have
F. Arnold, I. Cardenas, K. Sörensen, W. Dewulf   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Freight distribution optimization by implementing the team orienteering problem with occasional drivers

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This research evaluates the effectiveness of a hybrid crowdshipping system that integrates occasional drivers with traditional delivery services (OD+TD) to improve the efficiency of freight distribution. By implementing the team orienteering problem with occasional drivers model, we develop a mathematical model and an agile optimization ...
Alisson Garcia‐Herrera, Xabier A. Martin, Adrian Serrano‐Hernandez, Angel A. Juan, Javier Faulin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source