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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
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A Numerical Analysis of Ground Vibration Induced by Typical Rail Corrugation of Underground Subway

Shock and Vibration, 2019
A two-step approach is used to establish a numerical prediction model to study the impact of typical rail corrugation on ground vibration from an underground subway.
Mengting Xing, Caiyou Zhao, Ping Wang, Ju Lu, Qiang Yi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost - Benefit Analysis of the German High Speed Rail Network [PDF]

, 2015
This study undertakes a cost-benefit analysis of the German railway market looking specifically at the effects of high-speed rail development on railway passenger subsidies.
Dorciak, Martin
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Railway superstructure for high-speed rails

Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2021
The construction of the track is solved as a conventional (with track ballast) or as a ballastless track (without track ballast). When deciding on the choice of the most suitable track design for high-speed rail, it is necessary to emphasize that with increasing line speed, the requirements for the quality of the track geometry increase, including the ...
Lukáš Týfa, Jan Kruntorád, Ondřej Tomaschko   +2 more
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Communication of Business‐Nonprofit Collaborations and Environmental Legitimacy: Exploratory Insights From Italian Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni, Daniel Lundgaard, Maria Alejandra Torres‐Cuello, Steen Vallentin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate ESG Greenwashing: Does Regulatory Proximity Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing undermines sustainable development, yet the influence of regulatory proximity on oversight is understudied. By introducing the “distance decay effect” from geoeconomics into ESG misconduct research and using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2022, this study reveals a ...
Weiqi Zhao, Zhichao Chen, Muhammad Nadeem, Guanghua Xu, Nader Atawnah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Analysis of High-Speed Rail Station Development into Destination and Multi-Use Facilities: The Case of San Jose Diridon [PDF]

, 2017
As a burgeoning literature on high-speed rail development indicates, good station-area planning is a very important prerequisite for the eventual successful operation of a high-speed rail station; it can also trigger opportunities for economic ...
Colton, Paige, Eidlin, Eric, Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, Peters, Deike   +3 more
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Design of Railway Track for Speed and High-speed Railways

Procedia Engineering, 2014
AbstractThe design of railway lines under the current standard STN 73 6360 [1] including the comparison of railway line parameters to the European Standard EN 13803-1 and a new proposal in accordance to the new prepared standard STN 73 6360-1 [2] of Slovak Railways (ŽSR).
openaire   +1 more source

Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global shift toward sustainability has amplified interest in the Circular Economy, which aims to optimize resource use and minimize waste. In parallel, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a universal framework for addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Corentin Juin, Andrea Nicolodi
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization Based High-Speed Railway Train Rescheduling with Speed Restriction [PDF]

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2014
A decision support framework with four components is proposed for high-speed railway timetable rescheduling in case of speed restriction. The first module provides the speed restriction information. The capacity evaluation module is used to evaluate whether the capacity can fulfill the demand before rescheduling timetable based on deduction factor ...
Li Wang, Wenting Mo, Yong Qin, Fei Dou, Limin Jia   +4 more
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