Urban Freight in Developing Cities

Bernhard O. Herzog
SUTP
November 2010

This new GTZ Sourcebook module describes the importance of freight transportation in the context of urban development and provides detailed information on available options to meet current and future challenges for urban goods transport in rapidly growing cities of the developing world.

The module has been written by Bernhard O. Herzog, expert in the field of freight operation and fleet-management with more than 30 years experience in the field of transport planning and logistics.

The publication contains 62 fully illustrated pages 51 figures, 19 boxes and 8 tables. Additionally it provides further reading and links on additional aspects of urban freight.

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Emerging problems, potential answers offered by logistical platforms

DEBAUCHE Wanda
PIARC
2005
A logistic platform is a transshipment area where, ideally, at least two transport modes are connected. The concentration of transport-related companies inside a logistic platform promotes synergy and overall efficiency. However, this needs an integration process that is planned and enforced in cooperation with all the companies and involved local authorities.

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Plates-formes logistiques : problèmes nouveaux et solutions possibles