Why should – and how can – transport connections be improved to link remote communities together directly, rather than routing them through more distant centres?

That, says Prof. Aseem Kinra of Heriot-Watt University, is a key challenge for Logistics, the art and science of moving things: to seek new possibilities for better connectivity and community cohesion, and for lower energy costs and carbon emissions.

PhD researcher Maddie Dowek applies the approach to look at ways in which more localised food systems can be developed in Orkney through collaboration between the various key organisations and businesses involved and Orkney Islands Council.

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