Sustainable Cities and City Logistics

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Department of Smart Cities and Regions

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Ancient cities, technology and spatial planning: Greece, Rome. Technologic aspects of sustainability of ancient

empires.

Mediaeval European cities: transformation of Roman assets, colonization of peripheries, settlement pattern

adjusted to technology.

Ideal towns of Renaissance and their fortress implementation. Man-made landscapes (The Netherlands, Central

Europe). Managing crowds: Rome, Prague.

19th century urban challenges of industrialization urban hygiene, overcrowding. Technological and planning

solutions.

20th century concepts of a good city - garden towns, neighbourhoods, zoning, new towns. Charter of Athens. City

as industrial product.

Welfare cities. Planning solutions creating new problems. Concept of sustainable development vs neo-liberal

planning.

Sustainability as a concept, sustainable cities and regions, resiliency, role of transportation

Introduction to logistics, basic terms, supply chain, evolution of logistics

Supplies in logistics, deterministic and stochastic models, ABC and XYZ analysis

Logistics technologies, JIT, JIS, Hub & Spoke, Cross-Docking, Lean Manufacturing, Industry 4.0

Logistics centers, logistics sprawl, IT in logistics, automatic identification of goods

City logistics - traditional approach, first and last mile, Gateway

City logistics - new approach, trends and concepts, impact of sharing economy

Beyond cities and regions, global supply chains, 3PL, impact of geopolitics

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