Handbook on city logistics and urban freight / edited by Edoardo Marcucci (Professor of Transport Economics, Department of Political Sciences, Roma Tre University, Italy and Molde University College, Norway), Valerio Gatta (Associate Professor of Transport Economics, Department of Political Sciences, Roma Tre University, Italy and Molde University College, Norway), and Michela Le Pira (Research Fellow and Lecturer of Transport Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Italy).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marcucci, Edoardo, editor.

Gatta, Valerio, editor.

Pira, Michela Le, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban transportation.

City planning.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.

Summary:

Providing an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of city logistics and urban freight research, this Handbook offers multidisciplinary insights on the key theories, themes and pressing issues common to urban and metropolitan landscapes. Top scholars from a broad range of disciplines, including economics, engineering, business and management, political science and urban planning, analyse the five most significant areas characterizing urban freight transport: modelling, operations, planning, stakeholder engagement, and innovation. Chapters examine key topics including integrated transport and land-use processes, sustainability in urban freight transport, and the relationship between e-commerce and urban logistics. Fully cross-referenced throughout, the Handbook offers a forward-looking perspective on the topic, discussing the ways to improve urban freight and city logistics, particularly in line with the drive towards sustainable practices. An essential read for urban studies, planning and transport geography students and scholars, this stimulating Handbook showcases a participatory approach to understanding city logistics operations and transport planning. Detailing practical solutions, it will also be beneficial to operations management, researchers and practitioners, economists and transport practitioners and policymakers looking for a deeper understanding of how to improve urban freight and city logistics operations in our modern world.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to the handbook on city logistics and urban freight / Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta, and Michela Le Pira

1. The challenges of freight transport in cities / Genevieve Giuliano

2. Integrated transportation and land-use program to improve metropolitan freight system performance / José Holguín-Veras, Carlos Rivera-González, Benjamin Caron, Julia Coutinho Amaral, and Abdelrahman Ismael

Section i. Modelling and simulation

3. Overview of urban freight transport modelling / Lóri Tavasszy and Michiel de Bok

4. Estimating and forecasting urban freight origin-destination flows / Antonio Comi and Paolo Delle Site

5. Evaluating city logistics solutions with agent-based microsimulation / Takanori Sakai, Peiyu Jing, André Romano Alho, Ravi Seshadri, and Moshe Ben-Akiva

6. Freight trip generation models: Using establishment data to understand the origin of urban freight traffic / Ivan Sánchez-Díaz and Juan Pablo Castrellon

Section ii. Logistics and operations

7. Overview of city logistics and urban freight transport operations / Eiichi Taniguchi, Russell G. Thompson, and Ali G. Qureshi

8. Urban freight consolidation and delivery: State of the art / Maria Björklund and Britta Gammelgaard

9. Towards more sustainable vehicles for the last mile? Cycle logistics as a Part of the solution / Philippe Lebeau, Bart Cok, Clarissa Kees, and Cathy Macharis

10. Operations research for planning and managing city logistics systems / Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Jesus Gonzalez Feliu, Nicoletta Ricciardi, Frédéric Semet, and Tom Van Woensel

Section iii. Planning and policy making

11. Overview of urban freight transport planning and European suggestions / Francesco Russo and Antonio Comi

12. Land-use planning for a more sustainable urban freight / Laetitia Dablanc

13. Assessment of innovative city logistics solutions / Paolo Delle Site

14. Planning for the future: Urban freight transportation / Daniel Haake

Section iv. Stakeholder engagement, public/private partnerships

15. Overview on stakeholder engagement / Michael Browne and Anne Goodchild

16. Participatory decision-support tools for stakeholder engagement in urban freight transport policy making / Michela Le Pira, Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta, Matteo Ignaccolo, and Giuseppe Inturri

17. Living labs for transitions in urban freight transport systems / Hans Quak, Nina Nesterova, and Giacomo Lozzi

18. Urban freight transport and multi-level governance / Lisa Hansson

Section v. Innovation, digitalization, and data

19. Overview of innovations in urban freight / M. Jaller, A. Pahwa, C. Otero-Palencia, and E. Pourrahmani

20. Hyperconnected city logistics: A conceptual framework / Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Walid Klibi, and Benoit Montreuil

21. E-commerce and urban logistics: Trends, challenges, and opportunities / Valerio Gatta, Edoardo Marcucci, and Michela Le Pira

22. New technologies and autonomous vehicles for urban goods distribution / Daniela Paddeu

Section vi. Urban freight transport sustainability

23. Environmentally sustainable city logistics: Minimising urban freight emissions / Alan McKinnon

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781800370173 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.