Globalized Freight Transport: Intermodality, E-Commerce, Logistics and Sustainability

This book describes how Globalization is a fashionable issue, but solid research on the conditions and implications for freight transport is missing. This book contains a unique set of high-quality contributions on freight transport in the age of globalization and it offers a wealth of original insights to both the research and policy-making community. The book describes how the worldwide movement of freight has emerged as one of the most critical and dynamic aspects of the transport sector. The contributors to this book examine the current state of global freight transport, with an emphasis on Europe and North America and their extra-regional linkages. These original contributions synthesize existing knowledge, highlight new developments, problems and possible solutions, and underscore the need for further research. The book’s starting point is the fact that freight transport is the main element supporting global supply and commodity chains, from the transformation of raw materials to market distribution and after-market services. However, as the authors point out, the rising costs associated with security and various other constraints, as well as the complexity of getting goods delivered, is adding to profit pressures faced by manufacturers around the globe. Despite the application of technology and increasingly efficient solutions to the movement of freight, constraint points and conditions obstructing smooth operations and sustainability have developed. These difficulties affect both the environment and economic growth. Examining the issues from four critical perspectives – intermodality, e-commerce and technology, logistics, and sustainability – Globalized Freight Transport captures the concern for the viability of freight systems and the ways they are impacting the global economy. This cutting-edge study will be of great interest to students and scholars of transportation, as well as to public sector policymakers and private sector managers.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 287p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cargo; Commodities; Decision making; Deregulation; Electronic commerce; Forestry; Freight traffic; Freight trains; Freight transportation; Globalization; Inland water transportation; Intermodal facilities; Intermodal terminals; Intermodal transportation; International trade; Logistics; Mode choice; Multimodal transportation; Policy; Policy making; Policy, legislation and regulation; Short sea shipping; Supply chain management; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation; Tariffs; Taxes; Technological innovations; Technology; Tourism; Tourists; Urban goods movement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Business to business commerce; Business to customer commerce; Fuel prices; Liberalization
• Geographic Terms: China; Europe; European Union countries; India; North America
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Energy; Environment; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051457
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 978184542502p
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 8 2007 4:48PM