[HTML][HTML] Irrigated agricultural development in northern Australia: Value-chain challenges and opportunities

A Ash, T Gleeson, M Hall, A Higgins, G Hopwood… - Agricultural …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is renewed interest in expanded agricultural development in northern Australia
supported by increasing global demand for food, the region's proximity to Asian markets …

A comparative life cycle study of alternative materials for Australian multi-storey apartment building frame constructions: Environmental and economic perspective

HR Lu, A El Hanandeh, BP Gilbert - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
The building construction sector contributes to a quarter of the total Australian Greenhouse
gas emissions. These emissions are mainly attributed to the use of energy intensive …

Life cycle perspective of bio-oil and biochar production from hardwood biomass; what is the optimum mix and what to do with it?

HR Lu, A El Hanandeh - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies identified the optimum temperature to maximise bio-oil/biochar yield using fast
pyrolysis from woody biomass. However, the optimum mix of biochar and bio-oil production …

Assessment of bioenergy production from mid-rotation thinning of hardwood plantation: life cycle assessment and cost analysis

HR Lu, A El Hanandeh - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2017 - Springer
Forestry thinning logs, a low-value by-product of the forestry industry, present an opportunity
for bioenergy production. It can be converted into solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels via …

Dynamic freight flow modelling for risk evaluation in food supply

A Balster, H Friedrich - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a calibrated dynamic multi-scale multi-regional input–output (MSMRIO)
model of the German food supply system based on real data. The model comprises 51 …

Environmental and economic assessment of utility poles using life cycle approach

HR Lu, A El Hanandeh - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2017 - Springer
Due to increasing demand for utility poles and the banning of native forests logging in
Australia, it is necessary to find sustainable alternatives to roundwood utility poles. Currently …

[PDF][PDF] Towards local food resilience

K Reis, C Desha, M Bailey, P Liddy… - Key considerations for …, 2021 - fnqroc.qld.gov.au
Executive summary This report has explored the question,'How can vulnerable communities
improve their resilience to future disasters through access to locally-produced food?'. The …

Informing transport infrastructure investments using TraNSIT: A case study for Australian agriculture and forestry

A Higgins, S McFallan, O Marinoni, A McKeown… - … and electronics in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Transport infrastructure is essential to moving over 85 million tonnes of agricultural products
and 30 million cubic metres of timber from farms and production areas to domestic and …

农业与物流业协同发展及关键影响因素研究

梁雯, 顾大超 - 云南农业大学学报(社会科学), 2021 - xb.ynau.edu.cn
基于复合系统协调度模型研究2010—2019 年我国农业与物流业协同发展水平及其时间变化
趋势; 以灰色关联度模型测算两业关联度, 探明影响两业协同发展的关键因素. 结果表明:(1) …

[PDF][PDF] Polyfunctionality of the transport system of northern regions

IO Poleshkina - World of transport and transportation, 2019 - researchgate.net
Background. The northern regions are of particular interest to the Russian economy in terms
of their development. 90% of coal reserves, 80% of hydropower resources, large strategic …