Podcast - Heleen Buldeo Rai on how urban logistics facilities can be good neighbours
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Heleen Buldeo Rai, Assistant Professor at VUB in Brussels, discusses her research into how urban logistics facilities can be good neighbours.
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Warehouses and logistics centres getting closer to the city centre
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What makes New York City an interesting city for studying urban warehouses
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Population density, strength of e-commerce and zoning
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Cross-docking operations in NYC
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Delivery activities happening at the kerb/curb
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Community ignorance of the supply chain
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Friction between local residents and e-commerce logistics
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Best practices for urban warehouses to be good neighbours
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Regulatory frameworks
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Streets accommodating personal mobility as well as delivery vehicles
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The aesthetical aspect of urban warehouses
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Eco transfer concept - consolidating urban parcels and using environmentally-friendly vehicles
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Blocks and buffers
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Organising traffic
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Urban warehouses and cities' sustainability transitions
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Reducing stem distance
Download the full “Urban warehouses as good neighbors: Findings from a New York City case study” research paper.