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" Green logistics : "
edited by Alan McKinnon, Michael Browne, Maja Piecyk, Anthony Whiteing
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BL
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633363
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Green logistics : : improving the environmental sustainability of logistics /\ edited by Alan McKinnon, Michael Browne, Maja Piecyk, Anthony Whiteing
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Third edition
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xxi, 426 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780749471859
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: 0749471859
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9780749471866 (ebk)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Part One: Assessing the environmental effects of logistics -- Environmental sustainability: a new priority for logistics managers / Alan McKinnon -- Assessing the external impacts of freight transport / Maja Piecyk, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards -- Carbon auditing of companies, supply chains and products / Maja Piecyk -- Evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics / Maja Piecyk, Alan McKinnon and Julian Allen -- Part Two: Strategic perspective -- Green logistics, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility / Maja Piecyk and Maria Björklund -- Restructuring road freight networks within supply chains / Irina Harris, Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues, Mohamed Naim and Christine Mumford -- Transferring freight to 'greener' transport modes / Allan Woodburn and Anthony Whiteing -- Development of greener vehicles, aircraft and ships / Alan McKinnon, Julian Allen and Allan Woodburn -- Reducing the environmenta; impact of warehousing / Peter Baker and Clive Marchant -- Part Three: Operational perspective -- Optimizing the routeing of vehicles / Richard Eglese and Daniel Black -- Opportunities for improving vehicle utilization / Alan McKinnon -- Increasing fuel efficiency in the road freight sector / Alan McKinnon -- Alternative fuels and freight vehicles: status, coats and benefits, and growth / Jacques Leonardi, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards -- Part Four: Key issues -- Sustainability strategies for city logistics / Julian Allen, Michael Browne and José Holguín-Veras -- E-business, e-logisitcs and the environment / Alan McKinnon, Yingli Wang, Andrew Potter and Julia Edwards -- Reverse logisitics for the management of waste / Tom Cherrett, Sarah Maynard, Fraser McLeon and Adrian Hickford -- The food miles debate: is shorter better? / Tara Garnett -- Part Five: Implications for public policy and the future of supply chains -- The role of government in promoting green logistics / Alan McKinnon -- Postscript 1: Distribution by drone / Alan McKinnon -- Postscript 2: 3D printing / Alan McKinnon and Anthony Whiteing -- Postscript 3: Physical (logistics) internet ([pi]) / Maja Piecyk -- Postscript 4: Peak freight: could it ever happen? / Michael Browne
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Business logistics-- Environmental aspects
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HD38.5.G696 2015
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McKinnon, Alan C.,1953-
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