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Modelling goods city distribution in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2004 The interest in data collection and modeling of urban freight transport is rising. This paper describes a recently developed method for data collection, analysis and modeling that has been applied in several Dutch cities.
Vleugel, Jeep
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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 +14 more
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Shenzhen Daxue xuebao. Ligong banThe utilization of surplus capacity of urban rail transit during off-peak hours for cargo transport is crucial for alleviating urban road congestion, minimizing carbon emissions, and enhancing the efficiency of metro operations.
HOU Wei +4 more
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How to make urban freight transport by tram successful?
Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2019 Many national and international bodies, such as the European Commission, encourage the use of environment-friendly transport modes. Local and national authorities take more and more measures, for instance road pricing, loading/unloading spaces and low ...
Katrien De Langhe +4 more
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A modelling system to link end-consumers and distribution logistics [PDF]
, 2010 In the last years the interest in urban freight mobility has increased. However, the management and control of urban freight transport requires models which simulate the transport system.
Comi, Antonio, Russo, Francesco
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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 +2 more
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A Focus on Railway Shift in Urban Freight Transport: Scenarios and Applications
Future TransportationThis research germinates from the statement that cities need to solve the impacts caused by freight transport to improve their sustainability by implementing a set of city logistic measures.
Antonio Comi, Olesia Hriekova
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni +3 more
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A heavy goods vehicle fleet forecast for South Africa
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2018 Purpose: To develop and apply a methodology to calculate the heavy goods vehicle fleet required to meet South Africa’s projected road freight transport demand within the context of total surface freight transport demand. Methodology: Total freight flows
Jan H. Havenga +2 more
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Microsimulation-Based Collaboration Model for Urban Freight Transport
IEEE Access, 2020 The different stakeholders involved in urban freight transport, their behaviours, and interactions are attracting the attention of researchers and practitioners in logistics and freight transport, pushed by the need to develop methods and models for ...
Cristian Giovanny Gomez-Marin +3 more
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