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Frontiers in Sustainable Logistics and Transportation: Current Trends, Challenges and Management of Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 5955

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Nikoleta Mikušová

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Guest Editor
Institute of Logistics and Transport, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology, Technical University of Košice, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Interests: logistics; transport; ecological solution in logistics and transport; simulation in logistics and transport
Dr. Petr Průša

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Guest Editor
Faculty of Transport Engineering, University of Pardubice, Studentská 95, 532 10 Pardubice II, Czech Republic
Interests: transport and solution of transport systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is dedicated to frontiers in sustainable logistics and transportation and their current trends, challenges, and management of sustainability. Logistics and transport are the key factors in achieving the aims of sustainable development. They make a significant contribution to meeting the goals of sustainable development, in terms of economic development, industry, and small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as trade and investment. At the same time, logistics and transport help to achieve the aims of sustainable development, which include supporting the life quality. In addition, transport and logistics present many challenges around the aims of sustainable development, such as the environment, the improvement of transport and logistics systems, and transport and logistics safety. It must be emphasized that innovation, digitization, and sustainability are key factors for success in logistics and transport. In particular, this Special Issue is seeking papers focused on challenges in logistics and transport, current trends in logistics and transport, their challenges, and also management of sustainability. The proposed papers should have an international context and should contribute cutting-edge studies in the relevant fields. The SI welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers on these topics. In addition, public sector analysis and logistics and transport planning papers are most welcome. The papers should be targeted at the academic community as well as practitioners, such as developers, planners, and officers to increase understanding of the frontiers in sustainable logistics and transportation. 

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

  • Innovative trends in sustainable logistics and transport; 
  • Current trends in the digitization of logistics and transport; 
  • Innovative information systems and application of smart technologies within logistics processes;
  • Advances of simulation in logistics and transport;
  • Practical application of logistics and transport processes;
  • Impact of transport and logistics to the environment;
  • Solution of ecological issues of logistics and transport;
  • Cost–benefit analysis in the context of sustainable logistics and transport.

Dr. Nikoleta Mikušová
Dr. Petr Průša
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • logistics
  • transport
  • sustainability
  • environment

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Sustainable Transport and Mobility—Oriented Innovative Startups and Business Models
by Agnieszka Skala
Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5519; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14095519 - 04 May 2022
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Sustainability-oriented transport and mobility solutions hunt for engineering and management innovations. Both are primarily adopted by startups—ambitious and dynamic forms of organization stimulated by technical and technological progress. In this paper, the original definition of a startup as the new organizational form has [...] Read more.
Sustainability-oriented transport and mobility solutions hunt for engineering and management innovations. Both are primarily adopted by startups—ambitious and dynamic forms of organization stimulated by technical and technological progress. In this paper, the original definition of a startup as the new organizational form has been proposed, and the most relevant trends in green transportation and mobility solutions have been discussed. The paper also seeks knowledge about new business models of sustainable transport and mobility-oriented innovative startups. For this purpose, descriptive statistics of about 200 transport-oriented startups have been produced, based on the results of quantitative research in 2016–2019 in Poland, and the most appealing solutions are presented. Business models of sustainability-oriented transport and mobility startups have been mapped and analyzed. Green innovations in transport concern mainly products and business models. The studied startups can be divided into responding to challenges in designing new equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure (including electromobility) and those offering solutions in managing transport processes, fleet, and passenger transport—especially micro-mobility in cities public transport. Analyzing the profitability of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)-oriented startups, we concluded that startups related to “hardware” projects (vehicles, infrastructures, drones) need more financial support or strategic partnership than service-oriented projects. We also hypothesized that “hardware” startups contribute more to “greening” transportation and mobility sector processes than startups offering services, which requires further in-depth research. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Sustainable Logistics and Transportation: Current Trends, Challenges and Management of Sustainability)
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Freight Transport Cost and Urban Sprawl across EU Regions
by Theodore Tsekeris
Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5217; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14095217 - 26 Apr 2022
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This paper investigates the impact that urban sprawl and land use patterns have on freight transport costs at the regional level in Europe. A unique dataset is employed, which distinguishes various aspects of freight transport costs across EU regions. The measurement of sprawl [...] Read more.
This paper investigates the impact that urban sprawl and land use patterns have on freight transport costs at the regional level in Europe. A unique dataset is employed, which distinguishes various aspects of freight transport costs across EU regions. The measurement of sprawl metrics is based on the European soil sealing (artificial land cover) data concerning the land uptake for buildings and related infrastructure, as well as land use data originating from the Land Use/Cover Area frame Survey of Eurostat. The econometric analysis indicates that both the increased scale and compact development of land for urban settlement and specific (industrial, services/residential) activities can significantly reduce average road freight transport costs. The increased land use mixture and the share of industrial activity also have a negative impact on road freight transport costs. The results highlight the importance of integrated spatial/land use planning policies to manage freight transport costs and improve the sustainable urban development of EU regions. Full article
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