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Author:   Adolf K.Y. Ng (Professor, Transport and Supply Chain Management, University of Manitoba, Canada) ,  Jason Monios (Associate Professor, Maritime Logistics at Kedge Business School, Marseille, France) ,  Changmin Jiang (Assistant Professor, Transport and Supply Chain Management, Manitoba, Canada)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight:   0.570kg
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9780128191347

ISBN 10:   0128191341
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   13 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I: Theoretical settings 1. Setting the scene on maritime transport and regional sustainability 2. Environmental governance in shipping and ports: Sustainability and scale challenges Part II: Adapting to climate change impacts 3. Storm resilience and sustainability at the Port of Providence, USA 4. Insights from recent economic modeling on port adaptation to climate change effects 5. Sustainability cruising and its supply chain 6. How does the UK transport system respond to the risks posed by climate change? An analysis from the perspective of adaptation planning Part III: Improving environmental practice 7. Green port initiatives for a more sustainable port-city interaction: The case study of Barcelona 8. Climate change adaptation and mitigation in ports: Advances in Colombia Part IV: Opening up the Arctic Seas 9. Navigational risk factor analysis of Arctic shipping in ice-covered waters 10. Assessing the risk of potential oil spills due to shipping in the Arctic due to shipping 11. Future Arctic shipping, black carbon emissions, and climate change 12. Opportunities and challenges of the opening of the Arctic Ocean for Norway 13. Climate change, a double-edged sword: The case of Churchill on the Northwest Passage Part V: Other key issues 14. An investigation into the responsibility of cruise tourism in China 15. Government initiatives on transport and regional systems: The development and management of Chinese high-speed rail 16. Connect or be connected strategy in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative: A Korean case 17. A multiobjective programming model for comparing existing and potential corridors between the Indian Ocean and China 18. Mehar method for solving unbalanced generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy number transportation problems

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Adolf K.Y. Ng is a Professor at the Division of Business and Management of the Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), China. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Oxford, UK. His research interests include maritime transport and logistics, climate change adaptation and resilience, Arctic shipping and development, and logistics education. He is the associate editor of Maritime Policy & Management and the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics and is highly successful in securing competitive research grants, with nearly 30 funded projects. He frequently serves in major grant panels, such as the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Research Manitoba. He co-founded of CCAPPTIA, a non-profit consulting and research organization with more than 60 researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. Jason Monios is an Associate Professor in Maritime Logistics at Kedge Business School, in Marseille, France, and holds a visiting position at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research includes intermodal transport and logistics, port system evolution, collaboration and integration in port hinterlands, port governance and policy, institutional and regulatory settings, port sustainability and climate change adaptation. He has published more than 70 papers and book chapters, 5 books and numerous research and consultancy reports. He is co-chair of the Intermodal Freight Transport Special Interest Group of the World Conference on Transportation Research Society (WCTRS). Changmin Jiang is an associate professor of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba in Canada. He is one of the leading young scholars worldwide in the field of transport economics and policy in the sectors of aviation, rail, and maritime. He has published more than 20 papers in top-tier transportation and management journals and has received many prestigious accolades such as the Falconer Emerging Researcher Rh Award.

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