Sustainable freight transport : theory, models, and case studies /: theory, models, and case studies. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vasileios Zeimpekis, Emel Aktas, Michael Bourlakis, Ioannis Minis, editors.
• Editors: Zeimpekis, Vasileios; Aktaş, Emel; Bourlakis, Michael A; Minis, Ioannis
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Introduction; References; Logistics and Freight Transport as the Kernel of Resilient Airport-Driven Development; A Survey on Basic Interactivities and Causalities; 1 Airport Operations: On Course for Growth; 2 Airport-Driven Development: An Integrated Planning Framework; 2.1 Causality Between Airport and Economic Development; 2.2 Airport-Driven Development Concepts; 3 Complexity of Freight Transport and Logistics: A Challenge in Integrated Planning; 4 Airport-Driven Development Encompasses More Than Air Freight; 4.1 Value of Air Transport to Logistics 4.2 Stimulated Logistics Activities in Airport-Driven Development5 Simple Prevailing Loop: Complicated Underlying Dynamics; 6 Causalities Within the Airport-Driven Development; 6.1 Productive Interactions; 6.2 Counterproductive Interactions; 7 Final Discussion; References; Sustainability Management in Smaller UK Ports to Promote More Sustainable Freight Transport; 1 Sustainability Management, Freight Performance and Ports; 2 Examples of Port Sustainability Management; 2.1 Port Masterplanning; 2.2 Sustainability Reporting; 2.3 Exemplary Sustainability Practice: Container Megaports 2.4 EMS in Ports2.5 PSMS and Smaller UK Ports; 3 How Might Sustainability Management Permeate the UK Ports Industry?; 3.1 Potential Drivers of Sustainability Awareness in Smaller UK Ports; 3.2 Internal Strategies to Embed Sustainability Management; 3.3 Supply Chain and Other Sectoral Pressures; 3.4 Pragmatism and Requirements to Safeguard Critical Revenue Streams; 3.5 Towards an Implementation Strategy; References; A Bi-objective Problem of Scheduling Fuel Supply Vessels; 1 Introduction: Problem Definition; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Problem Definition; 2 Problem's Mathematical Formulation 2.1 NotationSets; Indices; Parameters; Variables; 3 Solution Methodology; 4 Empirical Evaluation; 5 Conclusions; References; Web References; Value Creation Through Green Vehicle Routing; 1 Introduction; 2 Negative Externalities of Road Transportation; 3 Models and Calculators for Estimating Emissions; 3.1 Macroscopic Models; 3.2 Microscopic Models; 3.3 Online Tools and Calculators; 4 Green Vehicle Routing Problems; 4.1 The Pollution-Routing Problem; 4.2 The Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Emissions VRP; 4.3 The Energy-Minimizing VRP; 4.4 The VRP with Fuel Consumption Rate; 5 Conclusions
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.5; 388.044; Business; Business logistics -- Environmental aspects; Delivery of goods -- Management; Freight and freightage; Transportation; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; Business and Management; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Transportation; Sustainability Management; Delivery of goods -- Management; Freight and freightage; Transportation; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Business & Economics -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Power generation & distribution; Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business; Management science; Operations research; Business & Economics -- Operations Research; Operational research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319629179; 3319629174
• Related ISBNs: 9783319629162
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 25, 2018).
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