Smart city for sustainable urban freight logistics

Sustainability has become an important objective of city logistics management. Smart city, being a technology and data driven paradigm for a city's sustainable development, has entailed new research opportunities from different perspectives. It is foreseeable that smart city will keep evolving in the domain of city logistics, which plays a key role in this game changing evolution. Recent research in this field is characterised by interdisciplinary approaches and disruptive innovations. We review the state-of-the-art of this general area and conduct a bibliometric analysis. We conclude with a new conceptual framework of smart city for sustainable urban freight logistics and the relevant key perspectives.

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Sustainability has become a key focus in city logistics management, with smart city technology driving new research opportunities. Smart city is expected to continue evolving in the field of city logistics, with recent research characterized by interdisciplinary approaches and disruptive innovations. The review concludes with a new conceptual framework for sustainable urban freight logistics in smart cities.