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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437920003321

Autore

Bretzke Wolf-Rudiger

Titolo

Sustainable logistics : responses to a global challenge / / Wolf-Rudiger Bretzke and Karim Barkawi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg [Germany] ; ; New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-93537-6

3-642-34375-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (539 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in logistics, , 2194-8917

Altri autori (Persone)

BarkawiKarim

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Business logistics

Industrial management

Logistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basics -- Strategies and Concepts to Promote Sustainability -- Summary and Outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

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.