Purpose: Targeting the problem of overloaded trucking regarding the Highway Transportation of iron ore from Caofeidian to Tangshan (HTCT), this paper aims to assess the long-term effects of alternative Truck Weight Regulation (TWR) policies on the sustainability of the HTCT....

Excessive human activities destroy the structure and function of ecosystems and threaten sustainable development. As a typical resource-based area, the overexploitation of resources in Shanxi Province leads to an increasingly serious contradiction between ecosystems and sustainable development....