City logistics, urban goods distribution and last mile delivery and collection

Ivan Cardenas, Yari Borbon-Galvez, Thomas Verlinden, Eddy Van de Voorde, Thierry Vanelslander and Wouter Dewulf

Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 2017, vol. 18, issue 1-2, 22-43

Abstract: Supply chains, logistics and freight have been facing increasingly complex challenges posed by transitions in economic structures, urbanization, city design and transport systems, as well as by the externalities associated with logistics activities in urban areas. This has driven a great deal of research recently. Yet, there are no sufficient contributions clarifying the current state of thought in this field. This article critically reviews the literature highlighting current approaches in the field. The objective of the article is threefold. First, to provide a framework with geographical and functional elements of urban logistics. Second, to identify the scope of the literature, vested into a typology. And third, to define the terms that may embrace the various analytical interests of the urban logistics field, namely city logistics, urban goods distribution and last mile logistics. The aim is to contribute to organize the current and future thought in the field of urban logistics.

Keywords: Urban logistics; city logistics; urban goods distribution; last mile; typology; framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1783591717736505

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