Does a battery-electric truck make a difference? – Life cycle emissions, costs, and externality analysis of alternative fuel-powered Class 8 heavy-duty trucks in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 110-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burak Sen ◽  
Tolga Ercan ◽  
Omer Tatari
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
The United States ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Externality Analysis

Specters of Belonging

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián Félix
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mexican Migrants ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Mexican Migrant ◽  
Transnational Citizenship

In the context of research on the “thickening” of borders, Specters of Belonging raises the related question: How does transnational citizenship thicken across the political life cycle of Mexican migrants? In addressing this question, this book resembles what any good migration corrido (ballad) does—narrate the thickening of transnational citizenship from beginning, middle, to end. Specifically, Specters of Belonging traces Mexican migrant transnationalism across the migrant political life cycle, beginning with the “political baptism” (i.e., naturalization in the United States) and ending with repatriation to México after death. In doing so, the book illustrates how Mexican migrants enunciate, enact, and embody transnational citizenship in constant dialectical contestation with the state and institutions of citizenship on both sides of the U.S.-México border. Drawing on political ethnographies of citizenship classrooms, the first chapter examines how Mexican migrants enunciate transnational citizenship as they navigate the naturalization process in the United States and grapple with the contradictions of U.S. citizenship and its script of singular political loyalty. The middle chapter deploys transnational ethnography to analyze how Mexican migrants enact transnational citizenship within the clientelistic orbit of the Mexican state, focusing on a group of returned migrant politicians and transnational activists. Last, the final chapter turns to how Mexican migrants embody transnational citizenship by tracing the cross-border practice of repatriating the bodies of deceased Mexican migrants from the United States to their communities of origin in rural México.

scholarly journals Detailed life cycle assessment of Bounty® paper towel operations in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 509-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley Ingwersen ◽  
Maria Gausman ◽  
Annie Weisbrod ◽  
Debalina Sengupta ◽  
Seung-Jin Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
The United States ◽  
Paper Towel

scholarly journals Intergenerational Mobility in the United States: What We Have Learned from the PSID

2018 ◽  
Vol 680 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhashkar Mazumder
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Mobility Studies ◽  
Advanced Economies

This article reviews the contributions of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to the study of intergenerational mobility. The PSID enables researchers to track individuals as they form new households and covers many dimensions of socioeconomic status over large portions of the life cycle, making the data ideal for studying intergenerational mobility. Studies have used PSID data to show that the United States is among the least economically mobile countries among advanced economies. The PSID has been instrumental to understanding various dimensions of intergenerational mobility, including occupation; wealth; education; consumption; health; and group differences by gender, race, and region. Studies using the PSID have also cast light on the mechanisms behind intergenerational persistence.

scholarly journals Life cycle air quality impacts on human health from potential switchgrass production in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumil K. Thakrar ◽  
Andrew L. Goodkind ◽  
Christopher W. Tessum ◽  
Julian D. Marshall ◽  
Jason D. Hill
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Human Health ◽  
The United States

Regional upstream life-cycle impacts of petroleum products in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 1138-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah Yang ◽  
Hasan Ozer ◽  
Imad L. Al-Qadi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
The United States ◽  
Petroleum Products

Asset Recycling for Social Infrastructure in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carter B. Casady ◽  
R. Richard Geddes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Planning Program ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Capital Planning

Asset recycling (AR) has gained attention in the United States as a way of improving life cycle asset maintenance and realizing maximum value from existing public infrastructure. In an AR program, proceeds from leases or sales of mature, underutilized public assets are reinvested in much-needed infrastructure improvements. Although the benefits of AR are often noted in both academic and policy circles, the academic literature on AR has not yet explored AR’s application to social infrastructure. To address this gap, we explore the concept of AR and its relevance for U.S. social infrastructure. We first examine the steps and conceptual features of a “fix-it-first” AR approach to social infrastructure. We then use Infrastructure Ontario’s Capital Planning Program as a case study to highlight the potential viability of such programs. Finally, we conclude by discussing the benefits and challenges of adopting AR policies in the United States.

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