The empirical study on the optimal distribution route of minimum carbon footprint of the retail industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 4237-4246

  Li, Yan ^a   Tan, Wenru ^a   Sha, Ruili ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emission reduction; Logistics efficiency; Optimal vehicle routing; Retail industry

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHAINS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATLAB; RETAIL STORES; SALES; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; VEHICLES; WAREHOUSES;

CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS; DISTRIBUTION VEHICLES; LOGISTICS DISTRIBUTION; LOGISTICS EFFICIENCY; LOGISTICS TRANSPORTATIONS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL VEHICLES; RETAIL INDUSTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84959557049     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.104     Document Type: Article

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