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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 +57 more
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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 +3 more
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Privatisation and Franchising of British Train Operations: the decline and derailment of the Great North Eastern Railway [PDF]
, 2007 As a result of the 1993 Railways Act, the British railways industry was privatised which resulted in the separation of ownership and control of the railway infrastructure (track, signals and stations) from that of passenger train operations.
Li, CA, Stittle, J
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The concept of predictive maintenance in advanced manufacturing systems is crucial from the point of view of resource efficiency in the era of high competitiveness forced by energy transformation in the digital economy. Against the backdrop of sustainability and the opportunities a data cooperative offers, the combination of predictive ...
Christian Schachtner +6 more
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Reinforced Subbases and Application of Other Chosen Parameters in Sleeper Subgrade Dimensioning
Communications, 2007 The paper focuses on reinforced subbases which are frequently applied to modernised railway tracks of Slovak Railways (ZSR) despite certain theoretical and normative deficiencies.
Libor Izvolt, Jan Kardos, Martin Mecar
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Bludov - Hanusovice Railway Track Reconstruction (section between km 56.165 - km 59.105) Including Track Laying Technology [PDF]
, 2015 Bakalářská práce se zabývá úpravou geometrických parametrů koleje a návrhem vhodné skladby železničního svršku v úseku železniční tratě Bludov – Hanušovice.
Hlavová, Vendula
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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
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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 The requirements for the quality of the railway track with emphasis on its long service life, low maintenance costs and the required parameters of the track geometry have led railway infrastructure manager on the territory of the Slovak Republic ...
Izvolt Libor +2 more
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Communications, 2019 Elimination of seasonality temperature trends in a structural health monitoring of bridges is considered in the article. On example of a beam bridge, eigenfrequencies are plotted against seasonal fluctuations of environmental temperature.
Taisiya V. Shepitko +2 more
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The reform process of the railway sector in Europe: A disaggregated regulatory approach [PDF]
, 2011 The railroad package of 2001 focusing on access regulation is in the process of a reform. Particularly, the European Commission intends to remove the obstacles to fair competition that have been identified since 2001.
Knieps, Günter, Zenhäusern, Patrick
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