Sustainable Urban Logistics : Planning and Evaluation.


Jesus. Gonzalez-Feliu
Bok Engelsk 2018 · Electronic books.
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1 online resource (309 pages)
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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Where Are We After 20 Years of Urban Logistics? -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The valorization of research in urban logistics: French and international approaches -- 1.3. From research to practice: a plethora of projects, initiatives and their practical application -- 1.3.1. France -- 1.3.2. Italy -- 1.3.3. Southern Europe (Spain, Greece, Portugal and other countries of Mediterranean Europe) -- 1.3.4. Germany -- 1.3.5. Belgium and the Netherlands -- 1.3.6. The United Kingdom -- 1.3.7. Northern Europe (Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark) -- 1.3.8. North America -- 1.3.9. Asia-Pacific Region -- 1.3.10. South America -- 1.3.11. Other regions of the world -- 1.4. Key questions in the quantitative and qualitative identification of urban logistics -- 2. A Unified Definition of Sustainable Urban Logistics -- 2.1. The components of sustainability -- 2.2. The flows considered in urban freight transport -- 2.3. The stakeholders involved and their interests -- 2.3.1. Introduction -- 2.3.2. The urban logistics interests of these two categories of stakeholders -- 2.4. Visions for sustainable urban logistics -- 2.4.1. The main definitions of urban logistics -- 2.4.2. Vision of collective utility versus individual profitability -- 2.5. A unified definition of sustainable urban logistics -- 3. The Evaluation, Assessment and Analysis of Scenarios as Decision-making Tools -- 3.1. Assessment and evaluation in urban logistics: a body of work with little unification? -- 3.2. The role of scenario construction in assessments and evaluations -- 3.3. Before-after assessments -- 3.4. Proposal of a methodological framework for the assessment and evaluation of the impacts of sustainable urban logistics -- 4. Estimating Inter-establishment Flows.. - 4.1. Data collection and modeling: close links but not homogeneous -- 4.2. Methodological proposal -- 4.3. Demand generation -- 4.4. Demand distribution models -- 4.5. The construction of routes and distances -- 5. The Estimation of Other Urban Freight Transport Flows -- 5.1. Estimating end consumer and urban management flows: a topic less studied, but nevertheless more standardized -- 5.2. Estimating household purchasing activities -- 5.2.1. Some general information on household purchasing activities -- 5.2.2. Proposed methodology -- 5.2.3. Shopping trip generation -- 5.2.4. Distribution of purchase trips: the gravity model -- 5.2.5. Construction of shopping trip chains -- 5.3. Estimating delivery routes to households and delivery depots -- 5.4. Estimation of urban management flows -- 6. Estimating and Modeling Change in Urban Logistics -- 6.1. Aims, goals and principles of modeling change in urban logistics -- 6.2. Examples of assessments and analyses using change modeling -- 6.2.1. Modeling the changes induced by the introduction of the SimplyCité UCC to Saint-Étienne -- 6.2.2. Modeling the change(s) brought about by restricting access to the city center -- 6.2.3. Modeling the change brought about by new forms of e-commerce -- 6.3. Generalizing the examples of overall change modeling framework -- 6.4. The importance of solution probleming in change analysis -- 7. Indicators and Dashboards for the Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Logistics -- 7.1. The need to evaluate sustainable urban logistics for the definition of dashboards -- 7.2. Methodological proposals -- 7.2.1. The "expert network" method -- 7.2.2. The co-constructive consensus method -- 7.3. Examples of use -- 7.4. Inputs and limitations of the proposed methodology -- 8. Estimating the Impact of Sustainable Urban Logistics -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Economic evaluation.. - 8.2.1. Estimating the direct costs of transportation and storage -- 8.2.2. Analysis of margin on variable costs -- 8.2.3. Cost-benefit analysis -- 8.2.4. Example uses of economic valuation methods -- 8.3. Methods for estimating environmental impacts -- 8.3.1. Main methods for estimating environmental impacts -- 8.3.2. Introduction to life cycle analysis -- 8.4. Spatial indicators: centrality, inequality, attractiveness and accessibility -- 8.4.1. Service level indicators -- 8.4.2. Distance and cost indicators -- 8.4.3. Gravitational indicators -- 8.5. Practical considerations of indicator estimation methods -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Systems and Industrial Engineering - Robotics -- EULA.
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