Sustainable logistics : responses to a global challenge / Wolf-Rüdiger Bretzke and Karim Barkawi ; [translation ; by Christine Bauer, Cornelia Dickow and Charlotte Seebode].
Currently the notion of "sustainability" is used in an inflationary manner. Therefore the authors start with a definition which is stable to serve as an anchor for further research as well as for discussions among scientists, managers and politicians, ideally across different disciplines....
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English German |
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Heidelberg ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[2013]
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| Series: | Lecture notes in logistics.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | Currently the notion of "sustainability" is used in an inflationary manner. Therefore the authors start with a definition which is stable to serve as an anchor for further research as well as for discussions among scientists, managers and politicians, ideally across different disciplines. The character of this book is purely conceptual. The argumentation is based on comparison of new and demanding requisites with existing models (process and network architectures in the field of logistics). Formerly neglected impacts on the environment will be included. Main features of a new approach will be developed which are capable to avoid these impacts and to align logistics with the requirements of sustainability. In order to make logistics sustainable large parts will have to be reinvented. The focus needs to be on decoupling transportation activities from economic growth rates. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 518 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283935376 3642343759 9781283935371 9783642343759 |