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Exploring the effects of economic crisis in road transport: The case of Greece
International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 2018 The transport sector is closely related to the economy of a country. This mainly applies to urban areas, which play an essential economic role in a country’s GDP. According to the EC’s Green Paper 2007 for urban mobility, approximately 1% of the EU’s GDP
Tatiana Moschovou, Yannis Tyrinopoulos
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Sustainable Urban Freight Systems and Freight Demand Management
Transportation Research Procedia, 2016 AbstractThe paper defines the field of Freight Demand Management (FDM) and positions it in the broad range of public sector initiatives aimed at improving urban freight activity. To illustrate the magnitude of the impacts of FDM, the paper estimates the contributions to freight traffic by the various industry sectors in a sample of metropolitan areas ...
Holguín-Veras, José +2 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2022 Background: The urban freight transportation (UFT) system is an essential facilitator for the smooth functioning of city logistics. It also contributes significantly to transportation-related issues, such as vehicular congestion, pollution, accidents ...
Saubhagya Dixit +3 more
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Internal report cluster 1: Urban freight innovations and solutions for sustainable deliveries (1/4) [PDF]
, 2013 Technical report about sustainable urban freight solutions, part 1 of
Allen, J. +5 more
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DIFFERENT URBAN CONSOLIDATION CENTRE SCENARIOS: IMPACT ON EXTERNAL COSTS OF LAST-MILE DELIVERIES
Transport, 2018 The identification and mitigation of negative externalities from goods deliveries in urban areas are important aspects of sustainable urban development.
Marko Veličković +3 more
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Mixed applied survey methodology for planning/enforcement of urban logistics delivery bays– An application to the Moroccan context [PDF]
Archives of Transport, 2020 Roads and parking areas represent a place of conflict between freight vehicles and other urban activities, especially on mixed residential and commercial streets.
Imane Moufad, Fouad Jawab
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National and international freight transport models: overview and ideas for further development
, 2004 This paper contains a review of the literature on freight transport models, focussing on the types of models that have been developed since the nineties for forecasting, policy simulation and project evaluation at the national and international level ...
de Jong, G., Gunn, H.F., Walker, W.
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Under which conditions is carrier cooperation possible? A case study in a Seville marketplace [PDF]
, 2018 The high volume of traffic originates two well-known problems in many cities: congestion and pollution. In recent years, a social phenomenon is emerging cooperation.
Aparicio Ruiz, Pablo +2 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner +11 more
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