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Response to COVID-19 lockdowns from urban freight stakeholders: An analysis from three surveys in 2020 in France, and policy implications. [PDF]

Transp Policy (Oxf), 2022
Dablanc L, Heitz A, Buldeo Rai H, Diziain D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An urban freight transport index

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2010
AbstractA multi-factorial model is presented that assesses the performance of authorities in dealing with the issues derived from freight transport within cities. Such an index was inspired by the efforts made by other OECD countries to lessen environmental and social impacts of freight transport within the urban areas.
Betanzo-Quezada, Eduardo, Romero, José A.   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

Health Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure in Rural Populations of Santa Fe, Argentina: Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study aimed to quantify pesticide residues in environmental matrices and plasma and to evaluate their potential effects on oxidative stress and DNA damage in rural populations of Santa Fe province. Soil and rainwater samples were collected, and biological samples and semistructured surveys were obtained from volunteers in three ...
María Priscila Dechiara, Carlina Leila Colussi, Lucía Magdalena Odetti, Damián Marino, María Fernanda Simoniello   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban freight mobility challenges and logistics circuit optimization for sustainable city development in Ouagadougou, West Africa

Discover Cities
Freight mobility is vital to urban logistics, particularly in rapidly growing cities across developing countries. This study investigates the impacts of rapid urban sprawl on freight transportation systems in Ouagadougou.
Issaka Abdou Razakou Kiribou, Mohamed Ibrahim Ballo, Pawendkisgou Isidore Yanogo, W. Abel Sawadogo, Yembi Kiendrebeogo, Hamadou Diallo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consolidating passenger and freight transportation in an urban–rural transit system

Fundamental Research
Buses are the most critical part of urban–rural transit systems. However, bus transit services in urban–rural areas face a trade-off between the need for better services and the low profitability resulting from low travel demand.
Tao Wang, Hongzhang Shao, Xiaobo Qu, Jonas Eliasson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi, Lucrezia Masci, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Monica Bini, Alexander Francke, Ilaria Isola, Carlo Ricotta, Laura Sadori, Alexander Sarantis, Sławomir Sprawski, Jakub Sypiański, Irene Tunno, Cristiano Vignola, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Adam Izdebski   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Decision‐Making, and Air Transport Performance: Evidence From G7 Countries

Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping economic decision‐making and improving air transport performance in G7 countries over the period 1996–2021. AI is proxied by scientific publications and interpreted as an indicator of innovation capacity that supports data‐driven decision‐making and operational efficiency ...
Emin Ahmet Kaplan, Tufan Sarıtaş, Yasin Büyükkör, Alper Aslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing urban freight electrification: spatial insights into battery electric truck delivery demand

International Journal of Digital Earth
The operational effectiveness of battery electric trucks (BETs) – a promising solution for mitigating the environmental impacts of urban freight—hinges on their spatiotemporal delivery patterns.
Jihao Deng, Quan Yuan, Baoze Liu, Xiaohong Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization and analysis of metropolitan freight patterns in Medellin, Colombia

European Transport Research Review, 2018
Purpose This paper seeks to pilot test a novel way to collect freight and service activity data and analyze the collected data in the metropolitan area of Medellin, Colombia.
Carlos A. Gonzalez-Calderon, Iván Sánchez-Díaz, Iván Sarmiento-Ordosgoitia, José Holguín-Veras   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source