Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable development and related sustainability issues have attracted considerable interest from academia and industry in recent years. Social and ecological aspects have gained greater focus and value than economic criteria in preparing and evaluating development plans and projects. Logistics and its associated infrastructures—transportation, communication, and utilities infrastructures—play a major role in achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030 proposed by  the United Nations. The concept of logistics infrastructures for sustainable development is hence geared towards addressing (i) sustainability issues in ports, carols and waterways, airports, railroads, and roads for transportation infrastructure; (ii) sustainable communication and information technology infrastructure developments; and (iii) utility infrastructure developments.

In this context, this Special Issue aims to explore and analyze the issues that impact sustainable living in light of logistics infrastructure development. Furthermore, this Special Issue addresses the dilemmas that practitioners and management professionals face in establishing, measuring, and monitoring sustainability indicators in logistics infrastructures. The Special Issue aims to provide future pathways and roadmaps for sustainable logistics infrastructure development. Hence, we encourage articles exploring the current state and transformation potentials for developing logistics infrastructures, with a special focus on sustainability. Theoretical contributions, case studies, analyses (empirical/statistical), and approaches to the management and measurement of social, environmental, and economic impacts of the logistics infrastructure on organizations at both strategic and operational levels are welcome.

Issues to be addressed in submissions could include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assessment, maintenance, monitoring, and management of sustainability issues in logistics infrastructures.
• Environmental and sustainable performance indicators linked to logistics infrastructure.
• Causality between logistics infrastructures and sustainable development.
• Innovations of modern technology and recent digital trends in logistics infrastructures for sustainable development.
• Integration of blockchains and other technologies in logistics infrastructures for sustainable development.
• Digital transformation and Industry 4.0 in logistics infrastructures for sustainable development.
• Smart logistics and transport infrastructures and the associated sustainability issues.
• Big data analytics in managing logistics infrastructures for sustainable development.
• Leveraging 3^rd and 4^th party logistics infrastructures for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Developing and managing reverse logistics infrastructure for circular economy and achieving SDGs.
• Role of information management and emerging technologies for unlocking circular economy options in a logistics infrastructure for sustainable development.
• Integration of global logistics infrastructure for fragmented production and sustainable development.
• Social and ethical issues in transportation systems and logistics infrastructures.
• Transportation and warehousing infrastructure for sustainable development.

The Special Issue aims to bring new significant contributions of logistics infrastructure in attaining the sustainability goals.

Dr. M. Ramasubramaniam
Dr. Chandiran Palaniappan
Dr. L. Aravindh Kumaran
Dr. Deepak Mathivathanan
Dr. V. G. Venkatesh
Guest Editors

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• logistics
• infrastructure
• sustainability
• SDG
• utility
• transportation
• communication