Humanitarian Logistics and Sustainability

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Klumpp, Matthias (Editor), Leeuw, Sander de (Editor), Regattieri, Alberto (Editor), Souza, Robert de (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Logistics,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Sustainable development.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.; Sustainable Development.

This contributed volume combines conceptual and strategic research articles dealing with the "why" and "to what end" of sustainable operations in humanitarian logistics, as well as operational research contributions regarding the "how" from the United Nations as well as...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Part I Strategies for Sustainability
• Sustainability in Humanitarian Logistics.- Part II Sustainable Operations in Procurement and Preparedness
• Investigating the Barriers to Sustainable Procurement in the United Nations
• Part III Sustainable Operations Implementation
• Hazardous Goods in Humanitarian Supply Chains
• Part IV Sustainability Evaluation and Case Studies.