Characteristics and typology of last-mile logistics from an innovation perspective in an urban context

City Distribution and Urban Freight Transport: Multiple Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 56-71

  Gevaers, Roel ^a   Van De Voorde, Eddy ^a   Vanelslander, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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