A Sustainable Humanitarian Relief Network Study for the Wenchuan Earthquake

Abstract

Achieving sustainable societies is a common goal for governments, companies and societies around the world. This new approach has been implemented with success on supply chain sciences where knowledge, methods and tools are being developed to support the establishment of supply chains that meet the requirements of the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Nevertheless, most of the efforts on Sustainable Supply Chain Management concentrate on commercial logistics. This work looks forward to sensitize on the need to make humanitarian networks responsible, and therefore sustainable, as well. With an exemplary study, it is analyzed a sustainable humanitarian relief network for the Wenchuan Earthquake.