Sustainable logistics / Edited by Cathy Macharis [et. al.].

Include Index

Options for competitive and sustainable logistics / Richard Smokers [and three others] -- Mitigating the negative environmental impacts of long haul freight transport / Sharon Cullinane -- Comparison of vehicle miles travelled and pollution from three goods movement strategies / Erica Wygonik and Anne Goodchild -- The shades of green in retail chains' logistics / Maria Björklund and Helena Forslund -- Assessing urban logistics pooling sustainability via a hierarchic dashboard from a group decision perspective / Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu and Joëlle Morana -- Packaging for eco-efficient supply chains : why logistics should get involved in the packaging development process / Katrin Molina-Besch and Henrik Pålsson -- Freight transport mode choice and mode shift in New Zealand : findings of a revealed preference survey / Hyun-Chan Kim, Alan Nicholson and Diana Kusumastuti -- Business models for shipper-operated intermodal transport solutions / Jonas Flodén and Edith Sorkina -- Intermodal break-even distances : a fetish of 300 kilometres? / Dries Meers, Tom Vermeiren and Cathy Macharis -- The cargo tram : current status and perspectives, the example of Brussels / Mathieu Strale -- Towards zero emission urban logistics : challenges and issues for implementation of electric freight vehicles in city logistics / Hans Quak and Nina Nesterova -- The cost and effectiveness of sustainable city logistics policies using small electric vehicles / Sandra Melo, Patrícia Baptista and Álvaro Costa.

This book will bring a state of the art overview of the research done in sustainable logistics. It will be structured along the four A's of sustainable logistics.