Overview
- This book presents a multidisciplinary view of urban logistics involving several experts from different disciplines and aims to show the complementarity between them in order to address the complexity of urban systems The book proposes to unify and standardise methods on city logistics, and highlights the importance of sustainability in urban logistics planning and evaluation.
- The book aims to have a coherent structure that guides stakeholders and researchers alike in understanding urban goods movement, and helps them to deploy (or simulate) logistics solutions at different urban and peri-urban scales.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: EcoProduction (ECOPROD)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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About this book
The book was written by key authors, all having considerable research experience and recognised as experts in their respective fields. Each chapter presents methods and results of research works, written for a broad audience, and more precisely directed to both academics and practitioners.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Urban Logistics: Concepts, Methods and Information Systems
Editors: Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu, Frédéric Semet, Jean-Louis Routhier
Series Title: EcoProduction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31788-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31787-3Published: 17 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51007-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31788-0Published: 07 September 2013
Series ISSN: 2193-4614
Series E-ISSN: 2193-4622
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 265
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Sustainable Development, Operations Management, Energy, general