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On ya bike? : a review of the Christchurch cycleway network business case

Boyle, Glenn W.; Hill, James - 2016

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Three feet under : urban jobs, connectivity, and infrastructure : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper

Rentschler, Jun; Braese, Johannes; Jones, Nick; Avner, Paolo - 2019

This paper analyses the degree to which infrastructure reliability and urban economic activity in several African cities is impacted by flooding. It combines firm-level micro data, flood maps, and several spatial data layers across cities through a harmonized geospatial network analysis. The...

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Trade effects of the New Silk Road : a gravity analysis

Baniya, Suprabha; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2019

This paper takes a first look at the trade effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative, also referred to as the New Silk Road, on the 71 countries potentially involved. The initiative consists of several infrastructure investment projects to improve the land and maritime transportation in the...

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Reducing environmental risks from belt and road initiative investments in transportation infrastructure

Losos, Elizabeth; Pfaff, Alexander S. P.; Olander, Lydia; … - 2019

The Belt and Road Initiative, due to its diverse and extensive infrastructure investments, poses a wide range of environmental risks. Some projects have easily identifiable and measurable impacts, such as energy projects' greenhouse gas emissions. Others, such as transportation infrastructure,...

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The Belt and Road Initiative : reshaping economic geography in Central Asia?

Bird, Julia; Lebrand, Mathilde; Venables, Anthony - 2019

This paper develops a computable spatial equilibrium model of Central Asia and uses it to analyze the possible effects of the Belt Road Initiative on the economy of the region. The model captures international and subnational economic units and their connectivity to each other and the rest of...

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There and back again : women's marginal commuting costs

Bergemann, Annette; Brunow, Stephan; Stockton, Isabel - 2024

We estimate female and male workers' marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany, using a … partial-equilibrium model of job search with non-wage job attributes. Commuting costs have implications not just for … wage) to reduce commuting distance at the margin. The average men's marginal willingness to pay is similar to childless …

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Commuting in Europe: an inter-regional analysis on its determinants and spatial effects

Castelli, Chiara; Parenti, Angela - 2020

Commuting shapes countless everyday-lives around the world, with dynamics varying from city to regional and cross … instance, the perceived commuting distance significantly depends on the time needed to reach the corresponding workplace and … commuting outflow. A similar impact is found with respect to housing costs, that is the cheaper is the relative house price of …

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Sustainable Urban Transport for Kyiv : Towards a Sustainable and Competitive City Built Upon the Legacy System and Innovations

World Bank Group - 2016

This report presents the scope and findings of the Economic Sector Work on Sustainable Urban Transport for the City of Kyiv, financed jointly by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF). The analysis consists of a rigorous...

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Travel with dogs: the need to accommodate "messy trips" in healthy and sustainable transport transitions

Kent, Jennifer L.; Mulley, Corinne - 2022

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Urban cycling tourism : how can bikes and public transport ride together for sustainability?

Crotti, Daniele; Maggi, Elena; Pantelaki, Evangelia - 2022

environments. Yet, when considering cycling tourists' intra-destination trips by motorized vehicles, the extent of greenhouse gas …-demographics, bike-related factors, travel characteristics, and the evaluation of cycling and accommodation features at destination. The …

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