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ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between industrial robotics adoption and ecological capacity, measured by biocapacity, using panel data from 50 countries over the period 2000–2024. We investigate the transmission mechanisms, non‐linearities, spatial spillovers, and heterogeneity characterizing this relationship.
Brahim Bergougui +1 more
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Defining the interface between city logistics and urban design: a systematic literature review
Logistics services have become crucial in shaping urban spaces and influencing urban dynamics. However, despite growing scholarly and policy attention in recent years, their implications for urban design remain unevenly addressed and insufficiently ...
Jiayu (Joslyn) Sun +2 more
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A heavy goods vehicle fleet forecast for South Africa
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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Crowdsourced deliveries or crowdshipping is identified in recent literature as an emerging urban freight transport solution, aiming at reducing delivery costs, congestion, and environmental impacts.
Ioannis Karakikes, Eftihia Nathanail
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Chain‐Level Business Model Patterns for the Green Logistics Transition
ABSTRACT Sustainability transitions in freight transport increasingly depend on coordinated changes across entire logistics networks, not just within individual firms. This study investigates how business‐model change unfolds across a multimodal European logistics chain engaged in reducing transport‐related emissions.
Marikka Heikkilä
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Sustainable urban freight transport [PDF]
Transport and communications bulletin for Asia and the Far East. (0041-1396) Freight transport has not received sufficient attention within sustainable transport development initiatives despite its large environmental footprint, its huge consumption of ...
UN.ESCAP
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ABSTRACT Businesses are increasingly striving to reduce their carbon footprint, with carbon offsetting emerging as a viable pathway towards achieving carbon neutrality. Such efforts signify a demonstrated commitment to fostering environmental sustainability and contributing to a more sustainable future.
Sanjeev Yadav +4 more
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Overview of urban freight transport planning and European suggestions
This chapter overviews the process that guides the definition of the urban freight transport plan (UFTP), moving from the indications provided by the mass of literature on this topic.
Russo, Francesco, Comi, Antonio
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ABSTRACT This study demonstrates how a profitable, lean, and environmentally responsible e‐waste reverse logistics system can be designed using integrated Operations Research (OR) techniques. Addressing the growing urgency of responsible consumption (UN SDG 12) and the projected rise of the e‐waste sector to USD 137.60 billion by 2029, the research ...
Sheeba Pathak, Hajar Fatorachian
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Fueling Tomorrow: Scenario Planning for the Future of Gas Stations
ABSTRACT Transport electrification is reshaping the service infrastructures that mediate everyday mobility, yet most electrification scenario studies remain macrolevel and offer limited insight into how incumbent forecourt (gas‐station) networks can adapt under deep uncertainty.
Joao Gabriel Rosa +2 more
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