City Logistics (eBook, ePUB)

Mapping The Future
Redaktion: Taniguchi, Eiichi; Thompson, Russell G.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains the main concepts of city logistics along with the associated implementation issues, methodologies, and policy measures. Chronicling how planning and policy have improved city logistics practice over the last ten years, it details technologies, policies, and plans that can reduce the costs of logistics activities, traffic congestion, and environmental impact in urban freight transportation systems. The book includes case studies from the US, UK, Netherlands, Japan, South Africa, and Australia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040082461
• Artikelnr.: 72285083

Autorenporträt

Eiichi Taniguchi is Professor of Transport and Logistics in the Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan. His research centers on city logistics and urban freight transport modeling, focusing on stochastic and dynamic vehicle routing and scheduling with time windows, and multi-agent simulation considering behavior of stakeholders who are involved in urban freight transport. His recent research covers health and security issues, including humanitarian logistics after catastrophic disasters and home health care problems in an aging society. He has published more than 200 academic papers and nine books. He was awarded the best paper award by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers in 2000 and by the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies in 1999 and 2011. As the president of Institute for City Logistics since 1999 he has organized the First through Eighth International Conferences on City Logistics in various venues in the world. He has been actively involved in collaborative research in international organizations including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Conference on Transport Research Society, the Transportation Research Board, and the World Road Association. Russell G. Thompson has more than 15 years of experience in city logistics research. He has been involved in a number of local and international studies relating to urban freight, including the Best Urban Freight Solutions (BESTUFS) project and the OECD report on urban distribution. Professor Thompson is a founding Director and the Vice President of the Institute for City Logistics based in Kyoto and a Team Leader of the recently established VOLVO Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Urban Freight Systems.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Partnerships among Stakeholders. Role of the Public Sector.
Urban Planning with City Logistics. E-commerce and City Logistics Solution.
Modeling . Evaluating City Logistics Schemes. Urban Distribution Centers.
Intelligent Transport Systems in City Logistics. Off-Hour Delivery
Programs. Cooperative Freight Transport Systems. Access Restrictions and
Local Authorities' City Logistics Regulation in Urban Areas. Future
Directions. Index