Sustainable Transport [electronic resource] : New Trends and Business Practices / edited by Paulina Golinska, Marcin Hajdul.
By: Golinska, Paulina [editor.].
Contributor(s): Hajdul, Marcin [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: BookSeries: EcoProduction. Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012Description: X, 346p. 104 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642235504.Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Biotechnology | Sustainable development | Environment | Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology | Sustainable Development | Production/Logistics/Supply Chain ManagementDDC classification: 660.6 | 628 Online resources: Click here to access onlineOn the way to sustainability in the transport sector -- Collaboration models for sustainable transport -- Information systems and information management supporting sustainable transport -- Intermodal transport and models for CO2 reduction.
The aim of the book is to present the emerging environmental issues in organization and management of transport logistics. The scope of the book includes set of solutions which show different stakeholders’ viewpoints on sustainability. It points out how the transport operations organized and conducted in companies and regions might be consistent with the concept of sustainable development. The scope of the book takes into consideration trade-off relations between actors directly and indirectly involved in transport networks. Therefore, the authors present, in individual chapters, innovative approach to eco-friendly organization and coordination of transport processes, as well as management of transport networks.
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