The Routledge Handbook of Urban Logistics

Jason Monios is Professor of Maritime Logistics at Kedge Business School, Marseille, France. His research revolves around three key areas: maritime transport (port system evolution, collaboration and integration in port hinterlands, port and shipping governance and policy, institutional and regulatory settings), intermodal transport (corridors, dry ports, terminal development, business models and logistics strategies, also including urban logistics) and sustainability and environmental concerns (maritime sustainability, decarbonisation and environmental policy, green ports, climate change adaptation, autonomous and electric vehicles). He has led numerous research projects on these topics with a total budget of over €1 m and contributed to many others. He has worked with national and regional transport authorities and authored technical reports with UNCTAD, UN-ECLAC and the World Bank. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including 7 books. The most recent Stanford/ Elsevier ranking placed him in the top 2% of logistics researchers globally, and in 2022, his work on climate change adaptation was cited in the IPCC report. Lucy Budd is a human geographer and Professor of Transport Management at Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, UK. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Research in Transportation Business and Management and is an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Transport Geography, the Journal of Air Transport Management, the Journal of Transportation Planning and Technology, Transport Policy and Transport Reviews. Her research interests comprise aspects of urban transport policy and operations, including equity and sustainability. She has published over 100 papers and edited 14 books in the area of transport management. Stephen Ison is Professor of Transport Policy in Leicester Castle Business School at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He has published widely in the area of economics and transport policy. He has edited, authored or co-authored twenty books, and published over 140 peer-reviewed journal papers. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the World Conference on Transport Research, Founding Editor of the journal Research in Transportation Business and Management (Elsevier), Associate Editor of Transportation Planning and Technology and book series co-editor of Transport and Sustainability (Emerald). He is on the Editorial Board of Transport Policy and Transport Economics and Management.

Introduction






Introduction to urban logistics: key challenges and current debates
Jason Monios, Lucy Budd and Stephen Ison




The role of urban logistics in the city economy
Michael Browne and Sam McLeod

A. Transport Modes




Road transport and urban logistics
Maja Piecyk and Julian Allen




The use of rail and water in urban logistics
Allan Woodburn




Cycle logistics: Sustaining the last mile
Jonathan Cowie and Keith Fisken




Drones: The scope for integration into multi-modal urban logistics services
Matt Grote, Andy Oakey, Aliaksei Pilko, Angela Smith and Tom Cherrett




Integrating freight and passenger transport for urban logistics
Silvio Nocera, Francesco Bruzzone and Federico Cavallaro

B. Urban Logistics Sectors




Parcel deliveries as a pioneer for climate neutrality: the case of Ecozone in Mechelen (Belgium)
Koen Mommens and Cathy Macharis




Urban logistics and retailing
Leigh Sparks




Dark stores as a post-pandemic omnichannel strategy: implications for urban logistics
Heleen Buldeo Rai




Food logistics
Eleonora Morganti




Healthcare and urban logistics
Liz Breen, Sarah Schiffling and Ying Xie




Construction and urban logistics
Russell G. Thompson, Oleksandra Osypchuk and Stanisław Iwan

C. Technical Analysis




Facility locations in urban logistics
Takanori Sakai, Adrien Beziat and Adeline Heitz




Multi-echelon urban distribution networks: models, challenges, and perspectives
Imen Ben Mohamed, Olivier Labarthe, Yann Bouchery, Walid Klibi and Gautier Stauffer




Computing technology and its applications in urban logistics
Lóránt Tavasszy and Hans Quak




Small containers for evolving logistics in changing cities
Michael G. H. Bell, Veronica Schulz and Shengda Zhu

D. Policy




Policy and planning for urban logistics
Laetitia Dablanc




Policy acceptability and implementation in urban logistics
Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta and Ila Maltese




The role of road pricing and incentives in urban logistics management
Oriana Calderón, José Holguín-Veras and Stephen Ison




Urban consolidation centres
Emine Zehra Akgün and Jason Monios




Success factors for urban logistics pilot studies
Andisheh Ranjbari, Anne Goodchild and Elizabeth Guzy

E. Sustainability




Climate change and urban logistics
Maria Attard




Decarbonising road freight and alternative fuels for urban logistics
Genevieve Giuliano and Sue Dexter




Urban logistics in the Global South
Nora Mareï




Urban logistics in megacities
Quan Yuan and Zhiwei Yang




The gig economy and urban logistics
Geraint Harvey, Naveena Prakasam and Refat Shakirzhanov




Gender diversity in urban logistics
Anicia Jaegler, Salomée Ruel, Nadine Kafa and Lucy Budd




Post-pandemic impacts of COVID-19 on urban logistics

John R. Bryson