Transport reduction by crowdsourced deliveries – a library case in Finland

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 240-251

  Paloheimo, Harri ^a   Lettenmeier, Michael ^a,b,c   Waris, Heikki ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^c ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Crowdsourced delivery; Library; MIPS; Public service; Sustainable transportation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIBRARIES; SALES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMER SERVICES; CROWDSOURCED DELIVERY; MIPS; NATURAL RESOURCE USE; PUBLIC SERVICES; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORT REDUCTION;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84953217831     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.103     Document Type: Article

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