Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 074947906X ISBN 13 : 9780749479060

Editeur : Kogan Page Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Green Logistics analyzes the environmental consequences of logistics and how to deal with them. Written by a leading team of logistics academics, the book examines ways of reducing these externalities and achieving a more sustainable balance between economic, environmental and social objectives. This new edition introduces new contributors and international case studies, includes downloadable supporting materials, technical information and guidelines for teachers/lecturers. The editors have added new material on e-business, e-logistics and the environment and new chapters on green performance and environmental reporting, nature-inspired network design for distributed logistics, Green Logistics developments in different parts of the world and Future Scenarios for Green Logistics.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Michael Browne was appointed professor at the University of Gothenburg in 2015. His main research focus is on urban logistics and he provides academic leadership in the Urban Freight Platform, a University of Gothenburg and Chalmers initiative supported by the Volvo Research and Education Foundations (VREF). He is also a member of the VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS) led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is committed to engaging practitioners and policymakers with the research community on all aspects of logistics impacting on future urban goods transport. Before his appointment in Gothenburg he was at the University of Westminster in London for 25 years and he continues to chair the Central London Freight Quality Partnership. He is a visiting professor at the University Paris II (Panthe´on-Assas) and the University of Southampton.

Anthony Whiteing is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds. His main areas of expertise are in freight transport economics, distribution, logistics and supply chain management. An academic with some 30 years experience, he has been involved in a wide range of UK and European research projects primarily in the field of freight transport, and is the Principal Investigator on the 'Green Logistics' research project.

Maja Piecyk is Associate Professor in Logistics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Much of her research has focused on the optimisation of supply networks, carbon auditing of logistics and long-term trends in the energy requirements and environmental impacts of logistics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kogan Page Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 074947906X
• ISBN 13: 9780749479060
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Éditeur: McKinnon Prof Alan, Browne Professor Michael, Whiteing Dr Anthony, Piecyk Maja
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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