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City logistics: problems and recovery proposals

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  • Aylin Çalışkan
  • Mustafa Kalkan
  • Yucel Ozturkoglu

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The city logistics is the multidisciplinary science that makes a bridge between both urban freight transportation and sustainability of the cities. It has also focused on various subject matters such as populations, facilities, traffics and logistics activities. If all this dynamic criteria consider, different logistics scheme must be prepared for each city. Cities have to be handled and analysed individually according to their own characteristics. In order to understand the current situation and problems of urban freight transport in Turkey, this paper examines the specific focus on Turkey's third largest city Izmir in terms of city logistics with the eye of logistics service providers. A qualitative approach was used and unstructured interviews with subject matter experts were conducted to gain general insight into how logistics service providers perceive the problems in city logistics in Izmir and the solutions they propose. Regarding the gap between theory and practice, this study would be valuable for future research in city logistics studies, and the results of the study would be a practical tool for decision makers in their city logistics planning process.

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  • Aylin Çalışkan & Mustafa Kalkan & Yucel Ozturkoglu, 2017. "City logistics: problems and recovery proposals," International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 26(2), pages 145-162.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijlsma:v:26:y:2017:i:2:p:145-162
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    1. Justyna Lemke & Kinga Kijewska & Stanisław Iwan & Tomasz Dudek, 2021. "Six Sigma in Urban Logistics Management—A Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-16, April.
    2. Leonor Teixeira & Ana Luísa Ramos & Carolina Costa & Dulce Pedrosa & César Faria & Carina Pimentel, 2023. "SOLFI: An Integrated Platform for Sustainable Urban Last-Mile Logistics’ Operations—Study, Design and Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-23, February.
    3. Priscila Pereira Suzart Carvalho & Ricardo Araújo Kalid & Jorge Laureano Moya Rodríguez & Sandro Breval Santiago, 2019. "Interactions among stakeholders in the processes of city logistics: a systematic review of the literature," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 120(2), pages 567-607, August.

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