Sustainable Logistics: Responses to a Global Challenge

By Karim Barkawi and Wolf-Rüdiger Bretzke

Basics.- Initial Situation and Objective.- What Does "Sustainability" Mean?.- Factors That Will Force Us to Adjust.- Strategies and Concepts to Promote Sustainability.- Can "Sustainability" Be Measured?.- Technological Approaches for a More Efficient Usage of Resources and Energy.- Playing Fields of the State and of Politics.- Models for Sustainable Logistics in Companies of Industry and Trade.- Adaptations in Open Transportation Networks.- Models for Cross-Company Cooperations.- Adjustments at the Strategy and Business Model Level.- Summary and Outlook.- Sustainability as a New Restriction.- The Path Ahead.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642343740
• ISBN13: 9783642343742
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"