City logistics: Are sustainability policies really sustainable?

City Logistics Policies

Since the 1990s, international supply chains have experienced tremendous progress owing to changes in the division of labour and the globalising economy. In order to enjoy the benefits of free trade, intermodal freight transport system is advocated and introduced to provide efficient just-in-time door-to-door long-distance services in a more environmental-friendly manner. This paper aims to bui...

From Urban Freight Transportation to City Logistics Sono Sostenibili Le Soluzioni Di City Logistics? Il Caso Di Cityporto (italia) Are City Logistics Solutions Sustainable? the Cityporto Case

City logistics studies the best solutions for urban freight distribution with high environmental objectives. However, most actions are started by public authorities without taking into account the impacts of the new organizational schemas in the existing distribution enterprises’ organization. This paper shows how city logistics approaches can meet the goals of Sustainable Development. In order...

Private College Pricing: Are Current Policies Sustainable?

During the years of sharp tuition increases in the 1980s, the role of student financial aid provided by institutions shifted from the need-based formulas that had prevailed into a new pattern, subsequently called “tuition discounting.” As a president of a private college during that time, one of the authors (Breneman) lived through the discomfort and analytical confusion that occurred during th...

Bangkok: Are Industries Generating a Sustainable City?

Economic development is composed of processes of structural transformation such as industrialization and urbanization. Demonstrating Thailand's success in pursuing economic development is the increase in real GDP per capita from $985 in 1960 to $6,970 in 1990. However, this has not been without negative side effects, especially in the central node of the economy, Bangkok. Indeed, industrial pol...

City Adoption of Environmentally Sustainable Policies in California's Central Valley