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Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Urban Logistics and Tube-Based Freight Systems: A Review of Technological Integration and Implementation Barriers

open access: yesSmart Cities
Background: Smart urban logistics has emerged as a key element of sustainable city development, with direct effects on economic performance, environmental quality, and urban livability.
Fellaki Soumaya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectives on Climate Change in Education for Sustainability: Linking Concepts and Skills for a Practical Ecological Transition

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Hard’ natural sciences have extensively been used to provide evidence that climate change is happening and climate action is needed. If the contribution of our economic activities to disturbing our climate systems is now largely accepted, the way in which we design and operationalise ‘climate action’—how we transition to more sustainable ...
Sandrine Simon
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of a hierarchical hub and satellite network for urban freight on transit

open access: yesnpj Sustainable Mobility and Transport
Growing urban populations drive the demand for urban goods movement, prompting interest in innovative urban logistics solutions. This study explores integrating passenger and freight transport by using public transport—the urban rail network—for parcel ...
Meijing Zhang, Lynette Cheah
doaj   +1 more source

Does Productivity Growth Promote Environmental Sustainability? The Role of Financial Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether total factor productivity (TFP) promotes environmental sustainability and examines the moderating and mediating roles of financial development in shaping this relationship. Using balanced panel data for 92 countries from 2000 to 2023, the analysis employs dynamic two‐step Generalised Method of Moments (GMM ...
Olivier Joseph Abban
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstruction of delivery positions in the city of Celje, Slovenia [PDF]

open access: yesTransport Problems, 2013
The paper addresses the problem of the reconstruction and allocation of delivery positions in the urban area. The aim is to achieve the optimal reorganization of urban freight transport in old town core in the municipality of Celje.
Dejan DRAGAN   +5 more
doaj  

Decoupling economic development and freight for reducing its negative impacts [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper takes a look at the development of freight transport and its further perspectives in thelight of environmental sustainability. It clearly challenges the traditional view that furthergrowth in freight transport is indispensable whatever stage ...
Pastowski, Andreas
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Is the Plastic Waste Trade a Barrier to Sustainable Development? Empirical Evidence From RCEP Countries

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is widespread consensus on the threats that plastic waste poses to the environment. A significant obstacle to sustainable development, the trade in plastic waste may contribute to plastic pollution. The objective of this research is to look at how the import and export of plastic waste affect the sustainable development of Regional ...
Mustafa Necati Çoban   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data collection for microscopic modelling of urban parcel transport to and from establishments – empirical insights into city logistics in the region of Karlsruhe, Germany

open access: yesJournal of Urban Mobility
City logistics plays a central role in supplying and disposing goods for establishments and residents in urban areas. However, the steadily rising demand for transporting goods puts cities under pressure.
Lukas Barthelmes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey forms used in urban freight studies

open access: yes, 2008
Report produced as part of the Green Logistics project (EPSRC and Department for Transport funded). This report contains examples of survey forms used in urban freight studies both in the UK and overseas.
Browne, M., Allen, J.
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