scholarly journals Liveability and freight transport in urban areas: the example of the Calabria Region for City Logistics

2022 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
Maria Rosaria Trecozzi ◽  
Giuseppe Iiritano ◽  
Giovanna Petrungaro
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Calabria Region

Assessing Seismic Resilience of School Educational Sector. An attempt to establish the initial conditions in Calabria Region, Southern Italy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cora Fontana ◽  
Eleonora Cianci ◽  
Massimiliano Moscatelli
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Calabria Region ◽  
Structural Improvement ◽  
First Case ◽  
School Sector ◽  
Seismic Resilience

<p>School education constitutes one of the strategic functions to be recovered after an earthquake. The structural improvement of school buildings together with the strengthening of the administrators’ capacity to react positively following an earthquake are key factors that contribute to social vulnerability’s reduction. Nevertheless, in Italy, the issue of risk reduction policies related to school sector is not yet consolidated in the institutional agendas. Observing the last major Italian earthquakes what remains predominant is school buildings’ damage degree with consequent interruption of the system functionality. Among the causes: the building heritage vulnerability and the lack of risk mitigation policies, capable of building a resilient community for future earthquakes. That of resilience is considered a relevant paradigm to address the issue of how to strengthen the school sector’s capacity to ensure the buildings physical safety and to guarantee the maintenance of the school function, looking at pre and post-event phases.</p><p>The paper proposes a set of indicators and a methodology for a preliminary assessment of the educational sector’s seismic resilience, in terms of initial conditions. The method has been tested on a first case study: Calabria Region, Southern Italy. The results show that spatial differences in the educational sector’s seismic resilience are evident. Except for some large urban areas, the less resilient areas are grouped mainly in the southern part of the Region, while the most resilient ones are located mostly in the central-northern sector. The ambition is to identify a repeatable approach, useful as guidelines for school seismic prevention policies.</p>

scholarly journals Logistical challenges and distribution restrictions: analysis based in Niterói retailers perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Delgado de Souza ◽  
Fernanda Silva Toledo ◽  
Renata Albergaria de Mello Bandeira ◽  
Vânia Barcellos Gouvêa Campos ◽  
Walmor Pereira de Andrade Neto
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Urban Violence ◽  
Heavy Vehicles ◽  
Traffic Rules

Abstract: Intensive cargo movement in urban areas generates many vehicles in city centers. As a result, there are congestions increase and intensification of freight transport distribution system challenges. To overcome the difficulties, local traffic rules and restrictions for heavy vehicles are established, but they have an impact on carriers and shopkeepers activities, parcel little heard by surveys. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the difficulties in the receipt of goods in Niterói center, under the view of retailers. The data collected by survey in the study were evaluated trough descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis. The major impasses found were the lack of available places for unloading and intense traffic, and for logistical challenges non-opening to overnight delivery and security level in the receiving periods, due to the urban violence.

scholarly journals Differences between typical logistics systems and other city logistics generators

Tehnika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-489
Author(s):  
Snežana Tadić ◽  
Miloš Veljović
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Flow Volume ◽  
Distribution Centers ◽  
Logistics Distribution ◽  
Core Business ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
The Core ◽  
Basic Goal ◽  
Freight Terminals

Logistics flows in urban areas are generated by systems engaged in various business. Flows generators can be divided into typical logistics systems (logistics, distribution centers, freight terminals, logistics systems of companies, etc.), for which logistics is the core business, and other generators of city logistics (trade, hospitality, craft, service facilities etc.). These two categories of generators differ in terms of flow volume, location, infrastructure, surrounding conditions, form of goods, logistics units and consolidation system, logistics demands, goods handling, etc. In this paper, the basic differences between typical logistics systems and other generators of city logistics are analyzed, thus achieving the basic goal and contribution of paper.

The Role of Urban Consolidation Centres in Sustainable Freight Transport

2013 ◽  
pp. 1297-1312
Author(s):  
Julian Allen ◽  
Michael Browne ◽  
Jacques Leonardi ◽  
Allan Woodburn
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Urban Consolidation

The chapter considers the role that urban consolidation centres (UCCs) can play in helping to reduce goods vehicle traffic and its environmental impacts in urban areas. A UCC is a logistics facility that is situated in relatively close proximity to the area that it serves. Goods destined for this area are dropped off at the UCC, and are sorted and consolidated onto goods vehicles for delivery to their final destinations, often using environmentally friendly vehicles such as electric and gas-powered goods vehicles, and electrically-assisted cycles. The development of UCCs since their first appearance in the 1970s is reviewed and the various types of UCC categorised. The freight transport and logistics advantages offered by UCCs are discussed. Case studies of four recent UCC trials are included. The objectives, operational and financial aspects and impacts of these UCCs are compared and their critical success factors identified.

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