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Urban passenger and freight transport systems are separate systems sharing similar infrastructure, but impacted differently by density. The common perspective in urban planning is that higher densities are preferable since they generate economies for services and opportunities in the use of public transit. However, high concentration levels generate conflicts between

Four dimensions characterize the freight landscape:

Authors: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano and Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue The urban freight landscape is the spatial distribution of the factors generating freight within an area, including regulations, infrastructures, and mobility options. 1. Defining the Freight Landscape City logistics involve a diversity of urban freight distribution systems with different purposes, modes of operation, and

Source: adapted from Taylor, M.A.P. (2005) The City Logistics paradigm for urban freight transport. Proceedings of the 2nd State of Australian Cities Conference. Urban Research Program, Griffith University: Brisbane. Four major stakeholders are shaping urban freight distribution: shippers, residents, freight forwarders, planners, and regulators. The strongest relation is between the

A number of criteria can be used to classify the urban context as well as city logistics:

A city has a spatial and functional structure impacting the organization of activities, transport infrastructures, and freight distribution. The spatial structure is reflective of the distribution and the density of urban activities and it is usually divided into areas such as the central business district, the urban core, suburbia, and

The city is jointly a place of production, distribution, and consumption of material goods and will thus generate material flows. The role and extent of these functions vary according to the historical and socioeconomic context of each city, commonly involving a specialization (e.g. financial cities, manufacturing cities). Globalization has changed

Although supply chain management and city logistics can be confused, they relate to different issues and approaches. Supply chain management (SCM) is concerned with the organization of supply chains to reach goals. At the same time, city logistics seeks to regulate freight distribution activities (which are the outcome of SCM)

Two relations are at the core of freight distribution and urban areas; the land and distribution dynamics: