Roles and Perspectives When Estimating Energy and Environmental Potentials of Urban Consolidation

Maria Björklund and Niklas Simm
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Maria Björklund: Logistics and Quality Management, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
Niklas Simm: Logistics and Quality Management, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-17

Abstract: Urban consolidation centers (UCCs) are presumed to provide more efficient goods distribution in cities and lead to decreased environmental impact and energy usage. There is, however, limited knowledge as to the actual performance of UCCs, and what roles and perspectives the involved actors have in the performance measurement. The overall aim of this paper is to investigate the roles and perspectives of involved actors when estimating and evaluating the performance of UCCs. The article is based on a study of one case that evaluates the performance of a UCC involving several actors. Interviews were triangulated with documents from the case. The results showed that actors have different roles in performance measurements and even if they share a mutual interest in conducting the measurements, they did not share opinions regarding factors such as system limits or performance indicators. The study provides a deeper understanding of the importance of inter-organizational interaction when conducting performance measurements. The study provides additional insights into the roles of the actors and their perspectives in logistics performance measurement that targets energy usage and environmental impact. These aspects are seldom addressed in less complex estimations or mathematical modelling estimations.

Keywords: urban consolidation center; city logistics; freight transport; environmental and social sustainability; collaboration; inter-organizational interaction; performance measurement; assessment; indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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