Urban Transportation and Logistics

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Chapter 2

Transport and Logistics

in Asian Cities

Tien Fang Fwa

2.1 INTRODUCTION

In the history of human civilization, for many thousands of years before

the era of industrialization and the advent of motorization, there was

little difference in size and speed between the carriers for people and

those for goods. Because of the relatively slow pace of economic activi-

ties and low speed of transport movements, trafc congestion, if any,

CONTENTS

2.1 Introduction 31

2.2 Urbanization, Freight Transportation, and City Logistics 32

2.2.1 Consequences of Urbanization in Asia 32

2.2.2 Characteristics of Urban Freight Transport and Logistics 35

2.3 ...