Logistics

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Department of Smart Cities and Regions

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Origins of the term logistics and its development over time from the beginning to its commercial form

Logistics as a science

Economic geography in logistics #1 Sources and producers

Economic geography in logistics #2 Markets

Economic geography in logistics #3 Case studies

Role of geopolitics in logistics

Customs, trade blocs, free trade zones and their impact on global supply chain

Transportation in logistics

City as a customer, where the global supply chain ends

Urbanization cities, megacities, megaregions

City logistics as we (still) know it

New trends in city logistics Industry 4.0, Smart Cities

New city logistics (last mile)

New city logistics (case studies)

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