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The Development of Rural America
This seminal volume compiles a series of expert presentations that comprehensively outline the multi-faceted nature of rural development in the United States, transitioning from a historical focus on farming to a modern consideration of the entire rural infrastructure. The book is structured into three thematic parts: an overview of the social and economic trends defining the rural exodus; an e…
Contemporary Challenges and Practices in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
This interdisciplinary open-access volume investigates the profound disruptions and operational adjustments experienced by global logistics networks and supply chains in the wake of recent global epidemics and humanitarian crises. Moving beyond conventional, fragmented approaches, the book blends insights from marketing, engineering, management, and transportation law to map out resilient, futu…
SMARTI - Sustainable Multi-functional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastru…
SMARTI – Sustainable Multi-functional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastructure, edited by Davide Lo Presti, Emmanuel Chailleux, and Mayca Rubio-Gámez, explores emerging approaches to the development and management of sustainable, multifunctional, automated, and resilient transport infrastructure. The book brings together research addressing the technological, environmental, structural, a…
European sustainable finance: introductory notes on the EU green deal and new…
This comprehensive volume analyzes the core structural frameworks of the European Green Deal and explores the critical integration of environmental regulations with banking and financial law. The text focuses heavily on the deployment of sustainable finance (green finance), detailing the development of robust EU Green Standards, market-driven compliance tools, and the implementation of the EU T…
The Option of an Oil Tax to Fund Transportation and Infrastructure
This policy research paper investigates the feasibility and economic implications of implementing a percentage tax on crude oil and imported refined petroleum products consumed in the United States to fund the nation\\\\\\\'s surface-transportation infrastructure. As federal expenditures on highways outpace declining revenues from traditional, unindexed gasoline and diesel taxes—largely drive…
Infrastructures de Transport Créatives: Mieux Les Intégrer Aux Ecosystèmes…
Infrastructures de transport créatives: Mieux les intégrer aux écosystèmes, paysages et territoires, coordinated by Sophie Bonin, explores creative approaches to the planning and integration of transport infrastructure within ecosystems, landscapes, and territories. The book examines transportation infrastructure not merely as functional elements designed to facilitate mobility, but also as…
Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century
Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century, by Martin Dribe, explores the social and demographic development of an industrial city and the experiences of its population throughout the twentieth century. The book examines how industrialization, urbanization, economic transformation, and changing social conditions shaped the lives, residential patterns, family str…
Estrategia industrial de Chile para la década de los años 70rnDocumentos In…
This historical recovery volume compiles a comprehensive set of previously unpublished documents prepared by the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) between 1968 and 1970, which outlined a rigorous industrial development strategy for Chile spanning the 1970–1980 decade. Due to the severe political disruptions and economic upheavals that followed under the government of Salvador Allend…
Transport Corridors in Africa
This comprehensive open-access volume offers a multi-disciplinary examination of the political economy, inherent tensions, and socio-economic dynamics driving transport corridors across East, West, and Southern Africa. Rather than adopting a purely technical or presentist perspective, the book contextualizes how these vital infrastructural assemblages—linking coastal ports to interior landloc…
Sustainability of Transport Infrastructures
Secara ringkas, volume ini menghadirkan kumpulan artikel riset penelaahan sejawat (peer-reviewed) yang mengupas tantangan dan solusi teknologi untuk membentuk sistem transportasi berkelanjutan. Buku ini mengeksplorasi strategi meminimalkan jejak lingkungan, optimasi sumber daya, dekarbonisasi transportasi publik, serta pemanfaatan material sirkular seperti aspal hijau dan agregat daur ulang. Te…
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