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 debatesJason Monios, Lucy Budd and Stephen Ison The role of urban logistics in the city economyMichael Browne and Sam McLeodA. Transport Modes Road transport and urban logisticsMaja Piecyk and Julian Allen The use of rail and water in urban logisticsAllan Woodburn Cycle logistics: Sustaining the last mileJonathan Cowie and Keith Fisken Drones: The scope for integration into multi-modal urban logistics servicesMatt Grote, Andy Oakey, Aliaksei Pilko, Angela Smith and Tom Cherrett Integrating freight and passenger transport for urban logisticsSilvio Nocera, Francesco Bruzzone and Federico CavallaroB. 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 retailingLeigh Sparks Dark stores as a post-pandemic omnichannel strategy: implications for urban logisticsHeleen Buldeo Rai Food logisticsEleonora Morganti Healthcare and urban logisticsLiz Breen, Sarah Schiffling and Ying Xie Construction and urban logisticsRussell G. Thompson, Oleksandra Osypchuk and Stanisław IwanC. Technical Analysis Facility locations in urban logisticsTakanori Sakai, Adrien Beziat and Adeline Heitz Multi-echelon urban distribution networks: models, challenges, and perspectivesImen Ben Mohamed, Olivier Labarthe, Yann Bouchery, Walid Klibi and Gautier Stauffer Computing technology and its applications in urban logisticsLóránt Tavasszy and Hans Quak Small containers for evolving logistics in changing citiesMichael G. H. Bell, Veronica Schulz and Shengda ZhuD. Policy Policy and planning for urban logisticsLaetitia Dablanc Policy acceptability and implementation in urban logisticsEdoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta and Ila Maltese The role of road pricing and incentives in urban logistics managementOriana Calderón, José Holguín-Veras and Stephen Ison Urban consolidation centresEmine Zehra Akgün and Jason Monios Success factors for urban logistics pilot studiesAndisheh Ranjbari, Anne Goodchild and Elizabeth GuzyE. Sustainability Climate change and urban logisticsMaria Attard Decarbonising road freight and alternative fuels for urban logisticsGenevieve Giuliano and Sue Dexter Urban logistics in the Global SouthNora Mareï Urban logistics in megacitiesQuan Yuan and Zhiwei Yang The gig economy and urban logisticsGeraint Harvey, Naveena Prakasam and Refat Shakirzhanov Gender diversity in urban logisticsAnicia Jaegler, Salomée Ruel, Nadine Kafa and Lucy Budd Post-pandemic impacts of COVID-19 on urban logisticsJohn R. Bryson