Description
Transportation and logistics systems are undergoing a profound transformation driven by urgent global sustainability demands. Climate change, urban congestion, air pollution, energy inefficiency, and the need for inclusive mobility solutions have compelled policymakers, industry leaders, and researchers to seek practical, scalable, and sustainable transportation strategies. Despite the significant theoretical progress in optimization techniques, simulation modeling, and decision-support systems, there remains a substantial gap between academic research outputs and real-world, operational applications.
Sustainable Solutions for Transportation and Logistics addresses the need for intersecting research and practice by focusing exclusively on real-world case studies where sustainable transportation and logistics solutions have been successfully deployed across various modes and regions. It documents how methodologies such as optimization-based decision-making, smart mobility, planning, public transportation scheduling, green logistics innovations, and urban freight solutions have been translated from models to operations, achieving measurable sustainability outcomes. Covering topics such as accessible transportation, flying cars, and autonomous vehicles, this book is an excellent resource for researchers, academic scholars, graduate and doctoral students, transportation authorities, urban planners, policymakers, technology developers, and more.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Olcay Polat (Ed.)
Olcay Polat
received his Industrial Engineering PhD degree from the Technical University of Berlin (Germany) with the scholarship of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in 2013. He has been working as an Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Pamukkale University (Turkey). He has a special interest in supply chain management, logistics and transportation optimization, production management and risk management. He has been published more that 100 papers in respected journals, conference proceedings and books.
Görkem Gülhan (Ed.)
Görkem Gülhan
graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. He completed his master's degree at Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. He completed his PhD at Pamukkale University, Department of Civil Engineering, specialising in transport planning. His research interests focus on transport master plans, accessibility and transport planning. Apart from transport, he is interested in urban design, urban sociology, numerical methods in planning. He has publications in many national and international indexes. He is currently working as an associate professor at Pamukkale University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Urban and Regional Planning.