Globalized Freight Transport. Intermodality, E-Commerce, Logistics and Sustainability/Глобализация грузовых перевозок. Интермодальность, электронная коммерция, логистика и устойчивое развитие

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Freight transportation has always been an integral component of economic development. It has now emerged as one of the most critical and dynamic aspects of the transport sector, where change has become the norm. Freight transportation is the main element supporting global commodity and more generally supply chains, complex and functionally integrated networks of production, trade and service activities that cover all stages of production from the transformation of raw materials to market distribution and after market services (Nijkamp 2003). Yet the rising cost and complexity of shipping and delivering goods is adding to profit pressures faced by manufacturers across the globe. However, as a result of the surge in global activities over the past ten years, this theme has taken on new dimensions and importance.

Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of editors and contributors
Preface
1. The global economy and freight transport flows Thomas R. Leinbach and Cristina Capineri
Part I Globalized trade and intermodality: European and North American perspectives
2. Shifting modes and spatial flows in North American freight transportation John T Bowen and Brian Slack
3. Intermodal freight transport in Europe Michel Beuthe
Part II Globalized trade and logistics: European and North American perspectives
4. Globalized trade and logistics: North American perspectives Jean Paul Rodrigue and Markus Hesse
5. Globalized trade, logistics and intermodality: European perspectives Dirk Henstra, Cees Ruijgrok, Lori Tavasszy
Part III Globalized freight, sustainability, E-commerce and technology
6. E-commerce, logistics and the future of globalized freight William P Anderson and Thomas R. Leinbach
7. Sustainable solutions for freight transport William R. Black
Part IV Globalized freight and policy considerations in Europe and North America
8. Policy implications of dynamic globalized freight flows in Europe Roger Vickerman
9. Policy implications of dynamic globalized freight flows in North America Mark Maggio and Roger Stough
10. Globalized freight transport: conclusions and future research Cristina Capineri and Thomas R. Leinbach
Index