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Green Logistics

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2016) | Viewed by 54282

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Russell Thompson

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Department of Transport Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
Interests: physical internet; urban freight; intelligent transport systems; freight modelling; distribution network; city logistics
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Prof. Dr. Benjamin T. Hazen

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1. Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
2. Department of Operational Sciences, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA
Interests: closed-loop supply chains; reverse logistics; innovation; supply chain information systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Logistics refers to the forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information between points of interest. Considering the rapidly expanding global population and economy, logistics represents a key area that governments, businesses and the general population can improve upon to enhance environmental sustainability. Whether it is a company doing business offshore and requires raw materials or finished goods to be transported across continents, or a government looking to incentivize behavior, implications of green logistics practices are far reaching. Globalisation, e-commerce, aging population and urbanisation present real challenges for improving the sustainability of logistics systems. New approaches are required for reducing the negative impacts of production, storage, consumption and distribution of goods.

This Special Issue on Green Logistics will address this vast, emerging area by emphasising more environmentally sustainable ways to transport, store, and distribute goods, services, people and information. Any research the covers a topic encompassed by the keywords below is welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Russell G. Thompson
Prof. Dr. Benjamin T. Hazen
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • green logistics
  • reverse logistics
  • green transportation
  • green warehousing and distribution
  • sustainable urban development
  • closed-loop supply chains
  • city logistics
  • green passenger transportation
  • green urban freight
  • collaborative consumption in logistics and transportation

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Low-Carbon Warehousing: Examining Impacts of Building and Intra-Logistics Design Options on Energy Demand and the CO2 Emissions of Logistics Centers
by Julia Freis, Philipp Vohlidka and Willibald A. Günthner
Sustainability 2016, 8(5), 448; https://doi.org/10.3390/su8050448 - 6 May 2016
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Logistics centers contribute to CO2 emissions in the building and logistics sector and therefore share a responsibility to decarbonize not only the supply chain. Synergy effects in both building and intra-logistics should be considered as suitable levers to lower energy demand and [...] Read more.
Logistics centers contribute to CO2 emissions in the building and logistics sector and therefore share a responsibility to decarbonize not only the supply chain. Synergy effects in both building and intra-logistics should be considered as suitable levers to lower energy demand and related CO2 emissions. This research develops firs t with a systemic approach an integrated analytical model for energy calculation and reference building models for different types of logistics centers to provide basic knowledge and a methodological framework for planners and managers to aid in the selection of different intra-logistics and building design options for optimum energy efficiency. It then determines the energy demand in reference building models and performs parameter studies to examine interrelations and impacts of design options for intra-logistics, building technology, and building skin on energy demand. It combines these to optimized reference building models to show the extent to which energy and CO2 emission savings can be reached. The results show that it is possible to significantly lower CO2 emissions. However, there are clear differences between the different types of logistics centers and the impacts of different design options. Full article
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To Green or Not to Green: A Political, Economic and Social Analysis for the Past Failure of Green Logistics
by Matthias Klumpp
Sustainability 2016, 8(5), 441; https://doi.org/10.3390/su8050441 - 4 May 2016
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The objective of green logistics has thus far failed. For example, the share of greenhouse gas emissions by the transportation and logistics sector in Europe rose from 16.6% in 1990 to 24.3% in 2012. This article analyzes the reasons behind this failure by [...] Read more.
The objective of green logistics has thus far failed. For example, the share of greenhouse gas emissions by the transportation and logistics sector in Europe rose from 16.6% in 1990 to 24.3% in 2012. This article analyzes the reasons behind this failure by drawing on political, economic and business as well as social motivations and examples. At the core of this analysis are the established theorems of the Jevons paradox and the median voter (Black, Downs) in combination with time-distorted preferences of voters and consumers. Adding to the hurdles of green logistics are the problems of short-term political programs and decisions versus long-term business investments in transportation and logistics. Two cases from Germany are outlined regarding this political “meddling through” with a recent 2015 truck toll decision and the support for electric trucks and vehicles. Finally, the article proposes two ways forward: public control and restriction of carbon raw materials (coal, oil), as well as public investment in low-emission transport infrastructure or biofuels as the more feasible and likely alternative. Full article
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Urban Freight Transport Planning towards Green Goals: Synthetic Environmental Evidence from Tested Results
by Francesco Russo and Antonio Comi
Sustainability 2016, 8(4), 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/su8040381 - 19 Apr 2016
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This paper reviews the ex-post assessment of city logistics measures implemented in some European cities and, in a “what if” framework, proposes an analysis of tested environmental effects which may be useful in defining city logistics scenarios to be evaluated ex ante by [...] Read more.
This paper reviews the ex-post assessment of city logistics measures implemented in some European cities and, in a “what if” framework, proposes an analysis of tested environmental effects which may be useful in defining city logistics scenarios to be evaluated ex ante by simulation models. The analysis is performed in relation to the goals of environmental sustainability to pursue and the main characteristics of the cities in question (i.e., population and density). The paper aims to provide a tool that could be used in an ex-ante assessment methodology to identify a priori which measures (or set of measures) could best work in a specific city with respect to the environmental sustainability goals to pursue. Future scenarios can, thus, be readily defined and subsequently assessed by simulation tools in order to verify whether they meet the planned objectives. Although all measures can produce considerable environmental effects, the study shows that the choice of their implementation should be driven by the type of pollutant to detect. Full article
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Green Transport Balanced Scorecard Model with Analytic Network Process Support
by David Staš, Radim Lenort, Pavel Wicher and David Holman
Sustainability 2015, 7(11), 15243-15261; https://doi.org/10.3390/su71115243 - 18 Nov 2015
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In recent decades, the performance of economic and non-economic activities has required them to be friendly with the environment. Transport is one of the areas having considerable potential within the scope. The main assumption to achieve ambitious green goals is an effective green [...] Read more.
In recent decades, the performance of economic and non-economic activities has required them to be friendly with the environment. Transport is one of the areas having considerable potential within the scope. The main assumption to achieve ambitious green goals is an effective green transport evaluation system. However, these systems are researched from the industrial company and supply chain perspective only sporadically. The aim of the paper is to design a conceptual framework for creating the Green Transport (GT) Balanced Scorecard (BSC) models from the viewpoint of industrial companies and supply chains using an appropriate multi-criteria decision making method. The models should allow green transport performance evaluation and support of an effective implementation of green transport strategies. Since performance measures used in Balanced Scorecard models are interdependent, the Analytic Network Process (ANP) was used as the appropriate multi-criteria decision making method. The verification of the designed conceptual framework was performed on a real supply chain of the European automotive industry. Full article
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Predicting Public Bicycle Adoption Using the Technology Acceptance Model
by Benjamin T. Hazen, Robert E. Overstreet and Yacan Wang
Sustainability 2015, 7(11), 14558-14573; https://doi.org/10.3390/su71114558 - 30 Oct 2015
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Bicycle sharing programs provide a sustainable mode of urban transportation. Although cities across the globe have developed these systems for their citizens and visitors, usage rates are not as high as anticipated. This research uses the technology acceptance model as the basis to [...] Read more.
Bicycle sharing programs provide a sustainable mode of urban transportation. Although cities across the globe have developed these systems for their citizens and visitors, usage rates are not as high as anticipated. This research uses the technology acceptance model as the basis to understand one’s intention to adopt bicycle sharing programs. Using survey data derived from 421 participants in Beijing, China, the proposed covariance-based structural equation model consisting of perceived quality, perceived convenience, and perceived value is found to predict 50.5% of the variance in adoption intention. The findings of this research contribute to theory and practice in the burgeoning literature on public bicycle systems and sustainable urban transportation by offering a theoretical lens through which to consider system adoption, and providing information to practitioners as to what factors might contribute most to adoption. Full article
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