Urban logistics solutions and financing mechanisms: a scenario assessment analysis

Urban logistics solutions and financing mechanisms: a scenario assessment analysis

[SHS:ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economy and finances

[QFIN:GN] Quantitative Finance/General Finance

Urban logistics services

refunding strategies

cost-benefit analysis

scenario assessment

This paper presents the main issues related to the financing of urban logistics solutions, more precisely to the contribution of economic analysis on strategic decision support related for urban logistics financing, focusing on cost benefit analysis. First we present the main funding strategies in urban economics, mainly in the field of urban logistics. Second we address the contribution of cost benefit analysis by recalling the main methodology and adapting it to urban logistics. Third we apply the method to the example of deploying a delivery space booking network, and illustrate the application via a set of three examples containing different situations and scenarios, which are presented, assessed and discussed. From the different simulations, it is observed that the way the system is financed has strong impacts on both its individual cost (for potential users) and its attractiveness.

Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus

Basck, Pierre

Morganti, Eleonora

European Transport/Trasporti Europei

2013-07-05

ENG

article in peer-reviewed journal

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00843282

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/84/32/82/PDF/ET_2013_54_11_Gonzalez-Feliu_et_al.pdf