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The future airport:A conversation between Claus Lassen and Thomas Woldbye
No full textContemporary international hub-airports are undergoing major changes. New business models, the individualisation of air travel, the increased societal focus on climate change, new flying technologies and the increased use of information technology, together with geopolitical changes, create the future context for international airport development. In a conversation between mobility researcher Claus Lassen and Thomas Woldbye, CEO of Copenhagen Airport – Scandinavia’s largest hub airport, with more than 30 million annual   air travellers – the importance of such changes is addressed. Having been CEO since 2011, Woldbye has great insight into the challenges associated with operating large mobility- and infrastructure-based organisations such as airports during troubled times. In addition, he is a board member of ACI Europe and has 27 years of experience from A.P. Moller-Maersk, especially management of A. P. Moller’s worldwide container business, Maersk Line. This interview is in three parts. First, in the conservation we attempt to identify what specifically characterises the airport as a mobility-driven organisation. Second, we more closely examine the historical development of airports and the chancing societal role of airports. Third, the conversation examines how the “future” is handled at Copenhagen Airport and elaborates on the particular future challenges faced by the airport
The airport city
No full textThe chapter focuses on the airport city concept. Questions such as what is an airport city, why do we need this concept and whether the concept can be contested are discussed in this chapter. The chapter firstly introduces aeromobilities research as a theoretical foundation for understanding and analysing airport cities. Secondly, the changing historical role of airports within the contemporary society is explored. Thirdly, a number of conceptual notions of the airport city are analysed, including some of the more problematic perspectives of the concept. Here, the chapter argues for a holistic, interdisciplinary and future-orientated approach to airport city development. Finally, the chapter’s concluding remarks are made
Parasitic copepods from Egyptian Red Sea fishes: Bomolochidae Claus, 1875
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Hugo Claus, homo (non-)politicus
No full textThis is a review of 'De plicht van de dichter', an edited volume on the political views and agency of the highly influential Flemish-Belgian author Hugo Claus (1929-2008)
Wie viel Freiheit lassen uns die Wissenschaften?
No full textRezension von: Michael Esfeld. Wissenschaft und Freiheit. Das naturwissenschaftliche Weltbild und der Status von Persone
Claus - Enabling last-mile delivery in urban environments with limited mobility access
No full textIn this report the development and design of Claus is presented. Claus is an auxiliary drive train module for last-mile delivery hand trucks. The objective of the concept is to enable delivery workers to deliver parcels to the growing amount of addresses in urban environments with limited mobility access.Due to the combination of urbanization, the rising popularity of e-commerce and rising congestion levels in cities, delivery companies are increasingly struggling to transport their goods to the customer. Conventional delivery fleets, consisting of big delivery vans to handle the rising delivery volumes, are not suited to the urban environment anymore as cities are undergoing rising congestion rates and as automobiles are becoming a less prioritized mode of transport. Consequently, delivery workers have to cover larger distances from the van to the front door of the customer by foot. Usually, delivery workers use hand trucks to cover these last meters, but as these distances increase, walking the hand truck becomes a time consuming job.Claus is proposed as a solution for this last leg of parcel delivery. Claus is an auxiliary module with a built in electric drive train that connects to any regular hand truck. By connecting Claus to a hand truck, a four-wheel vehicle is created that can transport a the delivery worker along with his or her cargo. The hand truck acts as both the cargo carrier as well as the steering device, while Claus acts as a standing deck and a drive train. Thanks to Claus’ geometry and volume, Claus can be transported in a conventional delivery van similarly to the hand truck. By bringing both a hand truck and Claus during delivery shifts, delivery workers are enabled to quickly and easily cover areas that are becoming less accessible to delivery vans.Two prototypes were created that were used to validate the concept. A technical prototype acted as a means to validate the driving characteristics and the ergonomics. Furthermore, it was used to validate technical aspects such as the battery capacity and the drive train system. An aesthetic prototype was used to communicate the design to the stakeholders.Integrated Product Desig
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