Sustainable urban logistics : planning and evaluation / Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus, author.

Series:

Systems and industrial engineering series.

Systems and Industrial Engineering Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delivery of goods.

Urban transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Hoboken, New Jersey : ISTE : Wiley, 2018.

Summary:

Urban logistics has been a subject of interest to researchers and practitioners for more than 20 years in France and Europe, and more than 40 in the United States. Nevertheless, the subject remains difficult to address by a lack of unification in the definitions and proposed methods but also by what makes its great richness: the diversity of actors and the pluridisciplinarity of the methods and techniques available. This book, which synthesizes more than 10 years of personal research on the subject, but also experience within different teams and projects, intends to bring a unified vision (and more and more followed at the international level) on logistics planning Urban development. It begins with an overview of research in urban logistics and then describes and defines the main components: flows, actors, infrastructures, management components, technologies, regulations and financing actions. A unified vision of these elements as well as the definition of sustainable urban logistics is proposed. Then, the book presents the basics of planning and managing sustainable urban logistics. First, the basics of the before-after analysis are introduced, not only for the experiments but also for the simulation of scenarios. To carry out this type of analysis, two main groups of methods are needed: methods for estimating flows and methods for calculating evaluation indicators. The book presents the main global standards and dominant models for the estimation of the urban freight transport demand, i.e. of freight transport needs in urban areas. Then it presents the methods for estimating and simulating transport and distribution schemes (i.e. transport supply) as well as a proposal for integrated supply-demand modeling. All these methods are presented for immediate application to practitioners, accompanied by summary tables and parameters necessary for their implementation. As far as evaluation is concerned, the book presents a framework for the choice of sustainable indicators and scorecards. Second, the main methods for economic, environmental, social and accessibility assessment are presented. They are accompanied by tables and figures necessary for their implementation. Finally, the main applications of the proposed methods are introduced. The book is meant to be a practical guide to applying the main methods from scientific research to a practical context, and presents examples of quantified and explained application. It is thus the first book that summarizes and presents the main unified methods to help the different decision-makers to implement them in their actions of planning and management of the urban logistics and the transport of goods in town.

Contents:

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

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119510581

1119510589

9781119421948

1119421942

9781119510482

1119510481

OCLC:

1023802984