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Sustainable Logistics

Responses to a Global Challenge

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Wolf-Rüdiger Bretzke

    1. GmbH & Co KG, Barkawi Management Consultants, München, Germany

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  2. Karim Barkawi

    1. GmbH & Co KG, Barkawi Management Consultants, München, Germany

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  • The discussion of the necessary adjustments of process models and network architectures in the field of logistics is embedded into the lager picture of the discussion of "sustainability" on the level of the whole economic system and of politics intervening into the market mechanism
  • Models still regarded as "best practiced" are seriously questioned referring to their environmental implications
  • The book covers a broad field of action including political options like road pricing or markets for emission permits, the decentralization of distribution and production networks or the challenges posed by unsolved problems in the field of city logistics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Logistics (LNLO)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-22
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  2. Basics

    • Wolf-Rüdiger Bretzke, Karim Barkawi
    Pages 1-84

  3. Strategies and Concepts to Promote Sustainability

    • Wolf-Rüdiger Bretzke, Karim Barkawi
    Pages 85-434

  4. Summary and Outlook

    • Wolf-Rüdiger Bretzke, Karim Barkawi
    Pages 435-502

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 0--1
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Currently the notion of "sustainability" is used in an inflationary manner. Therefore the authors start with a definition which is stable to serve as an anchor for further research as well as for discussions among scientists, managers and politicians, ideally across different disciplines. The character of this book is purely conceptual. The argumentation is based on comparison of new and demanding requisites with existing models (process and network architectures in the field of logistics). Formerly neglected impacts on the environment will be included. Main features of a new approach will be developed which are capable to avoid these impacts and to align logistics with the requirements of sustainability.
In order to make logistics sustainable large parts will have to be reinvented. The focus needs to be on decoupling transportation activities from economic growth rates.

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  • GmbH & Co KG, Barkawi Management Consultants, München, Germany

    Wolf-Rüdiger Bretzke, Karim Barkawi

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