TITLE:
The Impact of E-Commerce Development on Urban Logistics Sustainability
AUTHORS:
Dustin Schöder, Feng Ding, Juliana Kucht Campos
KEYWORDS:
E-Commerce, Urban Logistics, Sustainability, Best Practices, Electric Vehicles
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.4 No.3,
March
1,
2016
ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the present paper is to
present some sustainable solutions for urban logistics. The approach is to
identify the present challenges for urban logistics caused by the increase of
freight volumes due to the development of e-commerce. To meet them, companies’
sustainable practices were analyzed and the utilization of new electric power
train technologies seem to offer interesting results for reducing carbon
emission impacts. Using methods of literature review and experiences from
ongoing electric mobile research projects, this paper argues that electric
vehicles in urban distribution are a yet underestimated element towards more
efficient transport processes—hence economic advantages for companies,
towards the reduction of a company’s footprint and even towards an increased
service level for the customers.