Mumbai lunch box delivery system: A transferable benchmark in urban logistics?

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-121

  Baindur, Deepak ^a   Macário, Rosário M ^b  

^a Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology   (India)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Freight; Lunch box delivery; Public transport; Urban logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868544129     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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