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Citizens perceptions of urban freight transport: an international comparison

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Urban freight transport is essential for cities as it facilitates the delivery of goods and services to meet stakeholder needs. However, it also creates challenges, including congestion, parking space occupation, pollution, and accidents involving ...
João Guilherme da Costa Braga França, Kinga Kijewska, Stanislaw Iwan, Cassiano Augusto Isler, Leise Kelli de Oliveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The freight landscape: Convergence and divergence in urban freight distribution

Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2017
The paper introduces the concept of the freight landscape: the spatial distribution of freight activity and intensity in a metropolitan area. Using population and employment density information, a freight landscape matrix is calculated for four major metropolitan areas: New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Seoul.
Rodrigue, Jean Paul, Dablanc, Laetitia, Giuliano, Genevieve   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Work‐Related Asthma From Exposure to Cardboard and Paper Products

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We assess the contribution of cardboard dust exposure to the development of work‐related asthma (WRA). Prior studies on paper‐dust‐related breathing problems have focused on exposures in the paper milling and pulp industries. There have been no reports of asthma linked to workplace exposure to cardboard dust.
Mason E. Glanville, Mary Jo Reilly, Kenneth D. Rosenman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban logistics: how can it meet policy makers' sustainability objectives? [PDF]

, 2005
This paper discusses how urban freight activity can function such that it meets the urban sustainability objectives policy makers are now beginning to implement. It considers: the importance of urban freight transport in maintaining the economic vitality
Hasell, Julian Allen, Mazza, Meyburg, Michael Browne, Ogden, Plowden, Stephen Anderson   +7 more
core   +1 more source

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Urban Mobility Problems and Freight Solutions from Residents’ Perspectives: A Comparison of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Szczecin (Poland)

Energies, 2022
An efficient urban freight transport (UFT) system is crucial for sustainable city development. However, implementing city logistics measures still seems challenging for municipalities and decision-makers.
Kinga Kijewska, João Guilherme Costa Braga França, Leise Kelli de Oliveira, Stanislaw Iwan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data-Driven Optimisation of Urban Freight Transport Using the Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology

Urban Science
Urban freight transport systems are increasingly recognised as a critical factor in metropolitan sustainability. In the case of Sfax, Tunisia’s second-largest city, persistent congestion, logistical inefficiencies and environmental pressures have ...
Tarak Barhoumi, Mohamed Amine Frikha, Younes Boujelbène   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact Measuring in Sustainable Ventures: A Process Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Impact measurement is crucial for sustainable ventures to quantify their contribution to sustainable development. Although research has highly focused on impact measurement as a static activity, we conduct a qualitative study to explore how impact measuring as a process unfolds over time.
Jan Moellmann, Esther Salvi, Frank‐Martin Belz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban freight transport from a local authority perspective – a literature review [PDF]

, 2013
On the path towards sustainability for the urban area, local authorities make decisions that affect freight transport. However, in many ways, urban freight transport is a neglected issue.
Lindholm, Maria
core   +1 more source