Towards sustainable last-mile logistics? Investigating the role of cooperation, regulation, and innovation in scenarios for 2035

Research in Transportation Business & Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 56, P. 101198 - 101198

Published: Sept. 6, 2024

Language: Английский

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Adoption of environmentally friendly urban freight logistics practices: the role of communication and governance

Urbanization, sustainability and society., Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 82 - 115

Published: Jan. 17, 2025

Purpose Environmental emissions are increasing in the urban areas. Much of arise from public procurement activities given that sector firms major customers to many supplying firms. Given tremendous contribution, this study aims examine adoption environmentally friendly freight logistics practices among through assessing impact environmental governance, government communication and organizational governance. Design/methodology/approach Data for were collected a single time period central procuring disposing entities (public firms) A sample 105 used. One officer one member contracts committee key informants study. AMOS SPSS version 26 was used obtain results structural model measurement model, respectively. Findings The findings indicate is significantly influenced by communication, governance Urban influences fully mediates relationship between firms’ practices. Also, mediate Research limitations/implications This examined However, conducted setting rather than private setting. on ignoring internal communications made within issues. Originality/value Freight has not been significant attention earlier research. Emphasis placed sustainable other aspects would help curb may during after delivery requirements.

Language: Английский

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Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data

Network Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract Understanding and tracking societal discourse around essential governance challenges of our times is crucial. One possible heuristic to conceptualize as a network actors policy beliefs. Here, we present an exemplary widely applicable automated approach extract networks from large volumes media data, bipartite graph organizations beliefs connected by stance edges. Our leverages various natural language processing techniques, alongside qualitative content analysis. We combine named entity recognition, linking, supervised text classification informed close reading, novel detection procedure based on models. demonstrate in empirical application tracing urban sustainable transport the Swiss area Zürich over 12 years, more than one million paragraphs extracted slightly less two newspaper articles. test internal validity approach. Based evaluations against manually find support for what call window hypothesis data gathering. The gathering increases if inferences are combined sliding time windows. results show that when leveraging redundancy inertia through windowed aggregation, methods can recover basic structure higher-level structurally descriptive metrics well. also necessity creating high-quality sets reading efforts invested automation should be carefully considered.

Language: Английский

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Towards low-carbon e-commerce return logistics: optimization for simultaneous pickup and delivery

Industrial Management & Data Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 15, 2025

Purpose The rapid expansion of e-commerce platforms has made collaborative logistics networks essential. This study tackles the intricate challenge optimizing pickup and delivery activities in constrained areas, striving to meet ever-increasing demands while maintaining tight control over distribution costs. Design/methodology/approach develops a vehicle routing problem with simultaneous time windows (VRPSPDTW) model validates it using simulated annealing (SA) hybrid algorithm combining tabu search (SA-TS). Random requests are generated following uniform evaluate model’s performance. Findings research VRPSPDTW SA SA-TS algorithms, demonstrating their superior flexibility comprehensiveness compared traditional methods. findings demonstrate effectiveness managing dynamic demands, first-mile last-mile coordination, improving efficiency logistics. Research limitations/implications To validate model, this employed simplified demand patterns distribution. Future could integrate broader range constraints test scalability across various scenarios enhance practical applicability. Practical implications proposed optimizes routes centers, enhancing network reducing operational costs efficiency, significant value. Originality/value provides an innovative solution for networks. By addressing pickups deliveries heuristic fosters demonstrates approaches challenges

Language: Английский

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From experiments to organizational change: Learning from urban logistics projects in Groningen and Bergen

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 213, P. 124023 - 124023

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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How to build (in) the future? Legitimacy of socio-technical visions in a bio-based construction sector

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 56, P. 100996 - 100996

Published: April 28, 2025

Language: Английский

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Reconciling conflicting sustainability rationalities: a co-creation approach in urban logistics governance

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 5, 2024

Language: Английский

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