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Essentials for sustainable urban transport in Brazil's large metropolitan areas [PDF]
Before financing major urban transport projects, decisionmakers should attempt to put in place the basic elements for long-term sustainability of the sector. Specifically, the author contends that each large metropolitan area in Brazil should incorporate
Rebelo, Jorge M.
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure ResearchCities with high levels of cycling frequently encounter challenges associated with high demand for bicycle parking. One approach to tackle this is the installation of bicycle parking stations that provide weather and theft protection.
David Kohlrautz, Tobias Kuhnimhof
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Urban Mobility and Transportation
, 2019 Urban areas are developing quickly, innovative technologies grant enlarged scope for mobility management. According to literature, 50% of world population and as much as 75% of EU population live in cities, where the majority of GDP is generated. CO2 is responsible of 75% GHG worldwide and transportation is worth around 20% of this share and the ...
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, 2011 Belgium is amongst few artificial countries, established on purpose, when Dutch and French speaking parts were joined in a single unit. This makes Belgium a particularly interesting testbed for studying bio-inspired techniques for simulation and analysis
Adamatzky, Andrew +2 more
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Public transport values of time [PDF]
, 2001 OBJECTIVES The objectives of this aspect of the study are to provide recommended valuations of: • Public transport in-vehicle time (IVT) • Walk time • Wait time/headway with appropriate modifiers according to key factors such as: • Mode ...
Wardman, Mark
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three ...
Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth, Prabhu Pingali
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Optimal Pricing for Urban Road Transport Externalities [PDF]
A partial equilibrium model for the urban transport market is described. The urban transport market is represented as a set of interrelated transport submarkets, one per type of mode or vehicle and period. This allows to represent in detail the different
Kurt Van Dender +2 more
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Getting out of the car: an institutional/evolutionary approach to sustainable transport policies [PDF]
, 2008 Orthodox economics sees transport as a market which can be made more sustainable by improving its self-regulating capacity. To date this static approach has not been able to limit the growing demand for transport and its increasing environmental impact ...
Marletto, Gerardo Ettore
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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