City distribution plays a key role in supporting urban lifestyles
helping to serve and retain industrial and trading activities, and
contributing to the competitiveness of regional industry. Despite
these positive effects, it also generates negative (economic,
environmental and social) impacts on cities worldwide. Relatively
little attention has been paid to these issues by researchers and
policymakers until recently. The analyses found in City
Distribution and Urban Freight Transport aim to improve knowledge
in this important area by recognizing and evaluating the problems,
with a focus on urban freight transport system. This book offers a
thorough evaluation of city distribution and urban freight
transport, highlighting the importance of developing methodologies
that reflect and integrate stakeholder perceptions. Case studies
demonstrate that knowledge and awareness in the area of urban
freight transport is low, and that broadening knowledge in this
area is integral to the innovation of new urban freight policies.
The authors argue that the main challenge for researchers lies in
developing methodologies that facilitate communication and
cooperation between the different actors, citing that this can be
achieved by defining either a common evaluation framework with
quantitative indicators or an evaluation framework where the points
of view have been explicitly modeled. This will be of interest to
researchers, city planners and policymakers. Students and scholars
of development, public policy, and urban studies will also find
much of relevance in this important volume. Contributors: A. Comi,
A. Costa, L. Dablanc, W. Debauche, V. Gatta, R. Gevaers, P. Hebes,
C. Macharis, J. Maes, E. Marcucci, S. Melo, J. Menge, A. Nuzzolo,
M. Percoco, H.J. Quak, A. Stathopoulos, C. Vaghi, E. Valeri, E. Van
de Voorde, T. Vanelslander, E. Van Hoeck, T. van Lier, S. Verlinde,
F. Witlox
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