Sustainable logistics : responses to a global challenge / Wolf-Rudiger Bretzke and Karim Barkawi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bretzke, Wolf-Rüdiger.

Contributor:

Barkawi, Karim.

Series:

Lecture Notes in Logistics, 2194-8917

Lecture notes in logistics, 2194-8917

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Industrial management.

Logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (539 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg [Germany] ; New York : Springer, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Currently the notion of "sustainability" is used in an inflationary manner. Therefore the authors start with a definition which is stable to serve as an anchor for further research as well as for discussions among scientists, managers and politicians, ideally across different disciplines. The character of this book is purely conceptual. The argumentation is based on comparison of new and demanding requisites with existing models (process and network architectures in the field of logistics). Formerly neglected impacts on the environment will be included. Main features of a new approach will be developed which are capable to avoid these impacts and to align logistics with the requirements of sustainability. In order to make logistics sustainable large parts will have to be reinvented. The focus needs to be on decoupling transportation activities from economic growth rates.

Contents:

Basics

Strategies and Concepts to Promote Sustainability

Summary and Outlook.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-93537-6

3-642-34375-9

OCLC:

823388576