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An evaluation of urban consolidation centers through continuous analysis with non-equal market share companies [PDF]

, 2015
This paper analyzes the logistic cost savings caused by the implementation of Urban Consolidation Centers (UCC) in a dense area of a city. In these urban terminals, freight flows from interurban carriers are consolidated and transferred to a neutral last-
Estrada Romeu, Miguel Ángel, Fernández Aréizaga, Elena, Roca Riu, Mireia   +2 more
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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

Survey and Modelling in Urban Freight Transport

, 1995
Introduction. - The rise of congestion problems in urban surroundings and the environmental problems they induce need the definition of a global policy including the freight.For the last few years, several attempts have been done in some European countries to control the goods distribution in the cities:- in switzerland, the "Energie 2000" program ...
Le Nir, Michel, Routhier, Jean-Louis
openaire   +2 more sources

A problem-structuring model for analyzing transportation–environment relationships [PDF]

, 2010
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in European Journal of Operational Research. The published article is available from the link below.
Anderson, Arampatzis, Arhonditsis, Axelrod, Brand, Burç Ülengin, Cheng, Deng, Diamantopoulos, Dyer, Eden, Eden, Eden, Eden, Eden, Emel Aktaş, Fiksel, Füsun Ülengin, Geerlings, Gupta, Hair, Huff, Hwang, Jöreskog, Jöreskog, Kaplan, Keeney, Kelloway, Langfield-Smith, Langfield-Smith, Nadkarni, Nadkarni, Parkan, Pearl, Phillis, Raju, Richardson, Roberts, Shaw, Steg, Stewart, Teagarden, Tsamboulas, Veen-Groot, Wiley, Yeh, Zeleny, Önsel Sahin, Özgür Kabak, Ülengin, Ülengin, Şule Önsel   +51 more
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Uncovering the key bilateral trade linkages in the U.S. domestic food supply chain through disruption simulations

Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses counterfactual simulations to examine the impact of bilateral trade linkage disruptions on the U.S. agricultural and food trade system. Using an econometric gravity model, we estimate the relationship between disruptions and trade flows, identify critical state‐to‐state trade linkages whose disruption would significantly impact
Taejun Mo, Sandy Dall'erba
wiley   +1 more source

The use of freight apps in road freight transport for CO2 reduction

European Transport Research Review, 2017
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate how a smart phone freight application service (Apps) could reduce CO2 emissions in road freight transport and to identify the core problems for improvements.
Ye Li, Yuewu Yu
doaj   +1 more source

Sharing Logistics in urban freight transport

, 2022
Many new logistics initiatives arise based on the principles of resource sharing through crowdsourcing. Sharing unused and/or underused resources can deliver new efficiencies in the logistics value chain in an industry where efficiency is the name of the game. The benefits of applying sharing economy concepts in logistics in terms of higher efficiency,
van Duin, J.H.R., van den Band, N., de Vries, A., Verschoor, P., el Ouasghiri, M., Warffemius, P., Anand, N., Quak, H.J., Wiersma, M.J.   +8 more
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E-business impacts for urban freight: results from an Australian study [PDF]

, 2002
E-Business is expected to dramatically change the way business is conducted internationally, nationally, within states and at the local area level.
Ferreira, Luis, Marquez, Leorey, Smith, Nariida   +2 more
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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

Leveraging Public Transit for Robotic Deliveries: A Column Generation Approach

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are small, electric, wheeled vehicles that operate at pedestrian speeds. In the last‐mile delivery service considered in this study, a fleet of AMRs is deployed across multiple recharging depots within a service area, from which they depart to perform point‐to‐point deliveries. We consider an operational setting
Yishay Shapira, Mor Kaspi
wiley   +1 more source