Managing Urban Logistics by Rosario Macario, Vasco Reis - 9780128144626

Managing Urban LogisticsAuthor(s): Rosario Macario, Vasco Reis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128144626, 978-0128144626\nSynopsis\nManaging Urban Logistics provides new insights based on the most recent research, theories, and developments in technological and ICT solutions, contemporary corporate trends, the re-evaluation of the role of authorities, and much more. The book shows how to manage these complex urban logistics issues using a long term, systemic perspective where urban freight distribution is an integral part of the entire urban mobility system. It examines the convergence points between mass and customized deliveries, thus modeling the decision processes, trade-offs and tolerances behind these processes to enable a more fluid sharing of urban [url] will find an approach that tackles these issues from an empirical viewpoint that is based on analysis from a wide set.