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041 _aeng
082 _a658.70286
_bGRE
245 _aGreen logistics:
_bimproving the environmental sustainability of logistics /
_cedited by Alan McKinnon, Michael Browne and Anthony Whiteing
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _bKogan Page,
_c2012.
_aLondon:
300 _axiv, 377 p.
505 _aPART ONE Assessing the environmental effects of logistics. 1 Environmental sustainability: a new priority for logistics managers / Alan McKinnon -- 2 Assessing the external impacts of freight transport / Maja Piecyk, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards -- 3 Carbon auditing of companies, supply chains and products / Maja Piecyk -- 4 Evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics / Maja Piecyk, Alan McKinnon and Julian Allen. PART TWO Strategic perspective. 5 Restructuring road freight networks within supply chains / Irina Harris, Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues, Mohamed Naim and Christine Mumford -- 6 Transferring freight to 'greener' transport modes / Allan Woodburn and Anthony Whiteing -- 7 Development of greener vehicles, aircraft and ships / Alan McKinnon, Julian Allen and Allan Woodburn -- 8 Reducing the environmental impact of warehousing / Clive Marchant and Peter Baker. PART THREE Operational perspective. 9 Opportunities for improving vehicle utilization / Alan McKinnon and Julia Edwards -- 10 Optimizing the routeing of vehicles / Richard Eglese and Daniel Black -- 11 Increasing fuel efficiency in the road freight sector / Alan McKinnon -- 12 Reverse logistics for the management of waste / Tom Cherrett, Sarah Maynard, Fraser McLeod and Adrian Hickford. PART FOUR Key issues. 13 The food miles debate: is shorter better? / Tara Garnett -- 14 Sustainability strategies for city logistics / Julian Allen and Michael Browne -- 15 Benefits and costs of switching to alternative fuels / Jacques Leonardi, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards -- 16 E-business, e-logistics and the environment -- Julia Edwards, Yingli Wang, Andrew Potter and Sharon Cullinane.-- PART FIVE Public policy perspective. 17 The role of government in promoting green logistics / Alan McKinnon.
520 _aAnalyses the environmental consequences of logistics operations and how to deal with them in an effective and cost efficient way.
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650 _aBusiness logistics -- Environmental aspects
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700 _aMcKinnon, Alan
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700 _aBrowne, Michael
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700 _aWhiteing, Anthony
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