A Research Agenda for Humanitarian Logistics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altay, Nezih.

Contributor:

Altay, Nezih

Kovács, Gyöngyi.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar research agendas.

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian assistance.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

This timely Research Agenda explores humanitarian logistics as an academic discipline in the wake of major disasters and conflicts worldwide. It establishes new methods of approach and extends the discussion to include recent developments since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction, trends and developments

Chapter 2: The paradoxes of delivering aid in complex emergencies

Chapter 3: Civil-military coordination

Chapter 4: Beneficiary-centric approaches in humanitarian operations

Chapter 5: Refugee logistics: camps and beyond

Chapter 6: The climate crisis and humanitarian logistics

Chapter 7: Cash interventions

Chapter 8: Digitalisation of the humanitarian sector

Chapter 9: The role of the commercial sector in humanitarian logistics

Chapter 10: Coordination among humanitarian actors

Chapter 11: Localization of aid

Chapter 12: The interface of sustainability and humanitarian operations

Chapter 13: Exploring procurement from a humanitarian perspective

Chapter 14: 14 Medical aid logistics

Chapter 15: 15 Setting a research agenda for humanitarian log

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-03-538009-9

1-03-531033-3

9781035310333

OCLC:

1570552253