Freight Transport Modelling
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781781902851
Subjects: Freight and freightage
Description: The on-going globalisation and the increasing demand for flexibility in modern businesses have made transport, together with business logistics, a major functional domain. Transport growth is essentially for economic growth but is not without negative impacts. External effects such as pollution, congestion, accidents and damage to infrastructure generate considerable social costs that impose a heavy burden on society. This title addresses the need to develop new freight transport models and scientific tools to provide sound solutions that consider the wide range of internal and external impacts. The international contributions push forward frontiers in freight transport modelling and analysis.