Integrated planning aimed at sustainability city logistics solutions

• Main Authors: Tadić Snežana R., Zečević Slobodan M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Savez inženjera i tehničara Srbije 2015-01-01
• Series: Tehnika
• Subjects: city logistics; integrated planning; sustainable solution; partnership
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0040-2176/2015/0040-21761501164T.pdf

The main objective of city logistics system is sustainability, or efficiency, wide acceptability, environmental protection and safety. On the other hand, the city logistics system is very complex. It is characterized by a large number of participants, with different, usually conflicting goals and complex interactions. In addition, the system of city logistics is part of a wider system of the town, the region, and there are complex interactions with the external environment. The system depends on the specific characteristics of the city, affects other forms of urban mobility and is subject to the policies of higher rank (regional, national policy). Given the exceptional complexity, sustainable city logistics solution requires an integrated approach in all phases of planning, from stages of problem identification, definition of alternative solutions and effects assessment, to implementation and by exploitation. In this way, the solution of city logistics is becoming widely accepted and not only affects the efficiency of the socio-economic system of town, already on the sustainability of the whole region.