A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective on Barriers to a Fossil-Free Urban Freight System
Kervall, Mikael LU
and Pålsson, Henrik
LU
(2023)
In Sustainability (Switzerland)
15(1).
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide a system perspective on the barriers to the development of a fossil-free and thus more sustainable urban freight system and to provide insights regarding these barriers and how they impede progress. The system perspective complements earlier research, where barriers were identified in delimited parts of freight systems. Here, the urban freight system in a Swedish city is explored using an inductive and qualitative approach, according to which barriers are both detailed and categorized. This study is based on empirical data concerning the perceptions of multiple stakeholders in one system. The interrelationships between barrier categories and changes to the urban freight system are explored through... (More)
The purpose of this study is to provide a system perspective on the barriers to the development of a fossil-free and thus more sustainable urban freight system and to provide insights regarding these barriers and how they impede progress. The system perspective complements earlier research, where barriers were identified in delimited parts of freight systems. Here, the urban freight system in a Swedish city is explored using an inductive and qualitative approach, according to which barriers are both detailed and categorized. This study is based on empirical data concerning the perceptions of multiple stakeholders in one system. The interrelationships between barrier categories and changes to the urban freight system are explored through management theory. This study provides a unique overview of the barriers to development in one system and insights concerning these barriers and how they impede development of the system. Ten categories of barriers are identified: technology, infrastructure, economy, knowledge, policy, goals, organization, cooperation, politics, and societal factors. The categories can be divided into four different types, which are related to each other and to the overall system in various ways, based on how they impede the development toward sustainability. Future research could advance this theoretical knowledge by continuing to study urban freight system development processes and by adding insights from other contexts, stakeholders, and theoretical areas.
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- author
- Kervall, Mikael
LU
and Pålsson, Henrik
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- barriers to change, barriers to fossil-free, barriers to sustainable development, city logistics, system perspective, taxonomy of barriers, urban freight, urban freight system, urban logistics
- in
- Sustainability (Switzerland)
- volume
- 15
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 186
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85146038707
- ISSN
- 2071-1050
- DOI
- 10.3390/su15010186
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- df3bebf8-3e2f-45e0-8604-bd972aa6dd66
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- 2023-02-16 15:40:32
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