Sustainable Urban Logistics: Concepts, Methods and Information Systems

By Jesús González-Feliu

Book Overview

Urban logistics in the XXIst century: stakes issues and future trends.- The urban flows in sustainable supply chain management.- Understanding and diagnosis of urban goods movement.- Planning sustainable urban logistics systems: an Information Systems Theory approach.- Methods for planning in urban transport systems with crossdocking.- The evaluation of urban logistics projects and experimentations.- Scenario assessment and demand forecasting in urban freight transport planning.- How local authorities can include freight in their transport planning process.- Impacts of time constraints on urban delivery organization.- Urban consolidation centres in Europe: which schema is the most sustainable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662510073
• ISBN13: 9783662510070
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"