TY - JOUR
T1 - A unified typology of urban logistics spaces as interfaces for freight transport
T2 - A Systematic Literature Review
AU - Meza-Peralta, Karen
AU - Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus
AU - Montoya-Torres, Jairo R.
AU - Khodadad-Saryazdi, Ali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Kedge Business School.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Performant planning and integration of Urban Logistics Spaces (ULS) in logistics networks are key to optimising the circulation of goods in cities. During the last three decades, several documents on ULS have been published, most of them proposing different methodologies for the design and location of Urban Distribution Centres (UDC). Until now, there is no international consensus on the definitions of ULS nor any apparent uniform classification. In this paper, a systematic literature review on ULS is presented. The objective is to identify their characteristics, criteria, and particularities to propose a unified taxonomy. By searching the papers from 1990 to 2019, a total of 216 publications were selected and classified. This review finds predominant orientation towards UDCs, considering high rotation storage, with specialised ULS being less studied. A general typology of ULS is proposed, adaptive to any urban context. Lines for future research are proposed to help both practitioners and scholars to provide insights into all types of ULS.
AB - Performant planning and integration of Urban Logistics Spaces (ULS) in logistics networks are key to optimising the circulation of goods in cities. During the last three decades, several documents on ULS have been published, most of them proposing different methodologies for the design and location of Urban Distribution Centres (UDC). Until now, there is no international consensus on the definitions of ULS nor any apparent uniform classification. In this paper, a systematic literature review on ULS is presented. The objective is to identify their characteristics, criteria, and particularities to propose a unified taxonomy. By searching the papers from 1990 to 2019, a total of 216 publications were selected and classified. This review finds predominant orientation towards UDCs, considering high rotation storage, with specialised ULS being less studied. A general typology of ULS is proposed, adaptive to any urban context. Lines for future research are proposed to help both practitioners and scholars to provide insights into all types of ULS.
KW - Urban logistics spaces (ULS)
KW - freight transport
KW - general-standard typology
KW - systematic literature review (SLR)
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85089447103
U2 - 10.1080/16258312.2020.1801107
DO - 10.1080/16258312.2020.1801107
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85089447103
SN - 1625-8312
VL - 21
SP - 274
EP - 289
JO - Supply Chain Forum
JF - Supply Chain Forum
IS - 4
ER -