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Institute for European Cities and Urbanstudies
Thursday 7. December 17.00-20.00 und 8. December 9.00-15.30
BUWeimar – Main Building – Oberlicht-Saal (am 7.12.) und IfEU – Seminarroom 7 (am 8.12.)
elodie.vittu[at]uni-weimar.de und cecile.cuny[at]uni-weimar.de
Logistics emerged from the restructuring of large groups and the globalization of trade. It organizes the storage and transport of goods from their place of manufacture to their points of consumption, which is a vital function in supplying cities yet an activity relegated to their outskirts. However, logistics has not deserted urban centres: Businesses, offices and private individuals are generating a growing demand for logistics, which has been exacerbated by the recent health crisis. This industry must also be adapted to dense urban contexts where public policies are simultaneously trying to limit CO2 emissions, visual and acoustic pollution or traffic congestion. While "City Logistics" offers a range of real estate and mobility solutions designed to meet these challenges, the activities it covers (handling and delivery of small parcels) are also based on work organisations that combine old forms of precarious work with automation and rationalisation technologies. In this conference, these challenges will be explored starting from the local context of the Bauhaus University and the logistical flows that connect it to other spaces in the state of Thuringia.
