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16. Improved health economic assessments of sustainable transport solutions in urban environments
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Part of the European Strategy to achieve climate neutrality in the transport sector is to increase the proportion of electric vehicles (EVs) and active commuting. Health co-benefits from reduced air pollution and increased active commuting are assumed to follow; however, all dimensions of expected health effects are not quantified nor valued monetarily. LÄS MER
17. Firms in Global Value Chains : An Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of the Changing Location of International Production
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the globalization of production, a salient feature of the modern economy. The development of international outsourcing as a widespread business practice and the simultaneous decrease in trade and transport costs have contributed to the growth of a phenomenon known as global value chains. LÄS MER
18. Adding Fuel to the Fire : North-South dynamics in the geographies of transport energy: the case of EU biofuels
Sammanfattning : Since the 2000s, the European Union (EU) has promoted biofuels for transport to achieve climate change mitigation, and rural development in the global South. In contrast, critiques have argued that biofuel promotion impedes more meaningful mitigation while also resulting in dispossession of land and loss of labour opportunities in the global South. LÄS MER
19. Wheelchair Passengers and Local Public Transport Vehicles: Perceptions of Safety and Comfort
Sammanfattning : Eliciting wheelchair-seated passengers’ perspective of safety and comfort is both useful and mandatory, particularly for researchers, clinicians, transit authorities, and for operators during purchase and use of vehicle technologies in existing and planned future transport systems. Therefore, the overarching objective of this thesis was to delineate the question of safety and comfort as perceived by wheelchair-seated passengers using public transport road vehicles. LÄS MER
20. Challenges for ERTMS related to implementation, technology and railway capacity
Sammanfattning : The main purpose of European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is to remove crossborder barriers and create an interoperable railway network across European countries (Smithet al. 2012). Since its birth, ERTMS has faced several issues regarding interoperability andimplementation. LÄS MER
