Abstract

MAHECHA NUNEZ, Javier; ROJAS MILLAN, Rafael  and  CABELLO ERAS, Juan José. Eco-efficiency in urban freight transportation: a bibliometric and systematic literature review. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.4, pp.49-57.  Epub Aug 02, 2021. ISSN 2218-3620.

Urban freight transport is currently of vital importance for the cities economic growth, but at the same time, it is one of the most representative sources of pollutant emissions. Although numerous models and approaches have been proposed that aim to improve the eco-efficiency of urban distribution, few have classified the available information by combining bibliometric and systematic analysis. The objective of this paper is to present a comprehensive science mapping analysis using a bibliometric analysis from 2004 to 2021 and a systematic review of the literature of the most relevant papers based on the identification of the attributes of the main investigations. In the systematic review, a search protocol was used to classify and index using a computer tool for the selection of keywords in the title and the abstract. The results showed that the first five most academically productive countries are attributed 50% of the world's academic production, in the same way, the five most cited countries concentrate 52% of the citations. The systematic review allowed us to identify: the lack of studies with validation with real field data, the trend of use of historical and real-time traffic records, and the prevalence of research towards optimizing operational logistics costs.

Keywords : Urban transportation; urban planning; optimization; energy consumption; air pollution.

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