Department of Management Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, China.
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON M8S 4M4, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Mar 4;16(5):779. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050779.
There is growing research interest in emergency logistics within the operations research (OR) community. Different from normal business operations, emergency response for large scale disasters is very complex and there are many challenges to deal with. Research on emergency logistics is still in its infancy stage. Understanding the challenges and new research directions is very important. In this paper, we present a literature review of emergency logistics in the context of large-scale disasters. The main contributions of our study include three aspects: First, we identify key characteristics of large-scale disasters and assess their challenges to emergency logistics. Second, we analyze and summarize the current literature on how to deal with these challenges. Finally, we discuss existing gaps in the relevant research and suggest future research directions.
应急物流在运筹学（OR）领域的研究兴趣日益浓厚。与正常的商业运作不同，大规模灾害的应急响应非常复杂，需要应对许多挑战。应急物流的研究仍处于起步阶段。了解挑战和新的研究方向非常重要。本文针对大规模灾害背景下的应急物流进行了文献综述。我们的研究主要有三个贡献：首先，我们确定了大规模灾害的关键特征，并评估了它们对应急物流的挑战。其次，我们分析和总结了目前关于如何应对这些挑战的文献。最后，我们讨论了相关研究中存在的差距，并提出了未来的研究方向。
