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City distribution and urban freight transport : multiple perspectives /

"City distribution plays a key role in supporting urban lifestyles helping to serve and retain industrial and trading activities, and contributing to the competitiveness of regional industry. Despite these positive effects, it also generates negative (economic, environmental and social) impacts...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Melo, Sandra, Macharis, Cathy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2011]
Series:NECTAR series on transportation and communications networks research.
Subjects:
Freight and freightage.
Physical distribution of goods.
Urban transportation.
Business.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction--City Distribution: Challenges for Cities and Researchers
  • PART I: THE PROBLEM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
  • 1. City Distribution, a Key Element of the Urban Economy: Guidelines for Practitioners / Laetitia Dablanc
  • 2. Urban Freight Transport: The Challenge of Sustainability / H.J. (Hans) Quak
  • 3. Characteristics and Typology of Last-mile Logistics from an Innovation Perspective in an Urban Context / Roel Gevaers, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander
  • PART II: POSSIBLE METHODOLOGIES : 4. Urban Freight Policy Innovation for Rome{u2019}s LTZ: A Stakeholder Perspective / Amanda Stathopoulos, Eva Valeri, Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta, Agostino Nuzzolo and Antonio Comi
  • 5. Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis: A Case Study on Night-time Delivery for Urban Distribution / Cathy Macharis, Ellen Van Hoeck, Sara Verlinde, Wanda Debauche and Frank Witlox
  • 6. Definition of a Set of Indicators to Evaluate the Performance of Urban Goods Distribution Initiatives / Sandra Melo and Álvaro Costa
  • PART III: CASE STUDIES OF EUROPEAN CITIES : 7. City Logistics in Italy: Success Factors and Environmental Performance / Carlo Vaghi and Marco Percoco
  • 8. Transport of Goods to and from the Center of Brussels: Using the Port to Improve Sustainability / Tom van Lier and Cathy Macharis
  • 9. Optimization of Urban Deliveries: Evaluating a Courier, Express and Parcel Services Pilot Project in Berlin / Julius Menge and Paul Hebes
  • 10. The Use of Rail Transport as Part of the Supply Chain in an Urban Logistics Context / Jochen Maes and Thierry Vanelslander
  • 11. Evaluation of Urban Goods Distribution Initiatives: An Empirical Overview in the Portuguese Context / Sandra Melo
  • Index.