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1. 1. Investigating Cologistics Hubs: Business Models, Added Values, Flows, Perceptions and Scalability

   University essay from KTH/Transport och systemanalys

   Author : Pawan Seshadri Venkatesh; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban logistics; Urban Consolidation Centers; Cologistics hubs; Business models.; Urban logistik; Konsolideringscentrum; Kologistikhubbar; Affärsmodeller.;

   Abstract : Multi-service transport hubs provide a potential opportunity to achieve sustainability and emission goals and have been in contemporary research and policy discussions, however, mostly in the passenger transport sector. In Urban logistics, the delivery vehicles leaving a warehouse or a consolidation centre entering the city to deliver goods are usually filled to a certain capacity during their onward journey and when the goods are delivered, they return mostly empty during their return journey. READ MORE

3. 2. Urban consolidation centres impact on event venues - Applying Materials Flow Mapping and Actor-Resource-Activity on the case study of Svenska Mässan Gothia Towers AB

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Jacqueline M. Uruchima; Oscar Niemann; [2022-08-04]
   Keywords : Consolidation centre; Hub; Material Flow Mapping; Activity-resource-Actor; Sustainability; Events; Event logistics; Stakeholders; Congestion; Change management;

   Abstract : Firms located in urban areas struggle with constraints on space, congestion, safety, pollution, and varying stakeholder demands. These constraints place added pressure on the logistics of these firms and will continue to amplify as populations in cities increase. READ MORE

4. 3. Timber pile-supported road embankment : Numerical and analytical analysis of field monitoring project E4 Råneå

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Geoteknologi

   Author : Kent Nystedt; [2022]
   Keywords : Geosynthetic reinforcement; Geosynthetic reinforced pile supported embankment; Pile distance; Embankment height; Finite element method; Pile efficacy;

   Abstract : The previous E4 Råneå road embankment was prone to flooding. Risk of flooding in combination with settlements of the road due to the weak underlying sulphide soil was problematic. The Swedish Transportation Administration improved the length section E4 Råneå by rebuilding the road using the method light embankment piling. READ MORE

5. 4. Patterns of Collaboration for Sustainability in the Global Clothing Industry

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Ivan Simon Kallstenius; [2019]
   Keywords : keystone actors; business ecosystems; brokerage; coordination; collaboration; global industries; networks; sustainability;

   Abstract : Global industries are characterized by complex networks of organizations, which are often dominated by a few disproportionately large transnational corporations. While industry consolidation is not a new phenomenon, the scale and speed at which global industries now impact diverse social-ecological systems is unprecedented. READ MORE

6. 5. Evaluation and assessment of relocation from a city to the outskirts: Case study DHL Gävle (Sweden)

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad

   Author : Haseeb Ahmed Syed; Olanrewaju John Ajifowowe; [2018]
   Keywords : Logistics Park in Sweden; Tolvfors; Gävle; Relocation; City Logistics; Efficiency; Business Relocation Model; Advantages of Relocation; Logistik; Omlokalisering; Lager; Effektivitet; Sverige; Gävle;

   Abstract : The ‘City Logistics’ activities are contributing to traffic congestion and accumulating to environmental challenges, such situation has prompted the creation of urban consolidation centre (UCC), as a multimodal logistics park facility in the outskirts. The relocation of business from a city to the outskirts requires the evaluation and assessment of the key factors in order to make the better decisions. READ MORE