
Freight Transport Planning
- 1st Edition, Volume 14 - November 14, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Lóri Tavasszy, Michael Browne, Maja Piecyk
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 3 6 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 3 7 - 7
Freight Transport Planning highlights new advances in the field of transportation, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an intern… Read more

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Request a sales quoteFreight Transport Planning highlights new advances in the field of transportation, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. Specific chapters in this new release include E-commerce, Decarbonization, Equity, Climate resilience, Spatial patterns and investments, Regional planning, Urbanism, Drones, Stakeholder engagement, and Digital twins.
- Provides the latest information on transportation research
- Covers E-commerce, Decarbonization, Equity, and Climate resilience
- Presents the latest updates in the fields of freight and transport planning
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Accounting for freight in modern urban planning and design
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 New and emerging trends for logistics facilities
- 3 Urban policy priorities
- 4 Urban planning
- 5 Transportation planning
- 6 Engaging freight stakeholders in urban planning
- 7 Remaining barriers to effective freight planning
- References
- Chapter Two: Spatial patterns and investments in warehouses
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Literature review
- 3 Spatial patterns and investment decision factors
- 4 Traditional and new policies regarding warehouses
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Three: Advancing regional freight planning: A strategic policy perspective
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Review of regional freight planning issues
- 3 The importance and challenge of regional planning for freight
- 4 Case studies illustrating regional freight planning
- 5 Future developments
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Four: Research and practice of stakeholder engagement in freight transport planning
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Current state of knowledge based on literature review
- 3 Discussion and conclusion
- 4 Appendix 1
- References
- Chapter Five: Decarbonization and freight transport planning
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Decarbonization in freight transport—a strategic perspective
- 3 Decarbonization measures and mechanisms
- 4 Role of freight transport planning in decarbonization
- 5 Summary
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Six: Mainstreaming climate resilience in freight transport planning and operations
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Climate risks to freight transport systems
- 3 Climate change within the asset management cycle
- 4 Transport criticality analysis to identify vulnerabilities and prioritize assets
- 5 Mainstreaming climate resilience
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Seven: Planning for equity and justice in freight
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Transportation equity and what it means for freight
- 3 Freight’s spheres of justice
- 4 Toward equitable and just freight planning
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Eight: Planning for parcels—E-commerce in the future city
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Literature review
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Findings
- 5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Nine: Planning and operational considerations for a drone logistics future
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Emerging regulatory and airspace environment
- 3 Payload and landing site requirements
- 4 Route planning to minimize risk
- 5 Service reliability
- 6 Stakeholder engagement
- 7 Influence on sustainability of logistics systems
- 8 Implications for planners
- 9 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Ten: Digital twins for freight planning
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Main components
- 3 Applications
- 4 Value of DTs for urban freight transport planning
- 5 Conclusions
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 14
- Published: November 14, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443161360
- eBook ISBN: 9780443161377
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