A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS

Magnus Larsson

Proceedings of ICLT 2017

A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS

Magnus Larsson

Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland

International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 18-25

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Abstract

It has been estimated that 5,5% of the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) generated by human activities can be attributed to the logistics and transport sector (World Economic Forum, 2009). The increasing amounts of GHG emissions to the atmosphere create imbalances in the eco-system, known as climate change, and is being considered the root cause of many natural disasters such as flooding and hurricanes, as highlighted by Halldórsson and Kovács (2010).

Keywords

logistics; port; disaster

Citation

Magnus Larsson (2017). A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2017), Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 18-25.