Systems Theory, Complexity and Supply Organizational Models to Enrich City Logistics: An Approach

This paper establishes a connection between systems theory and logistics presenting a city logistics model in order to enrich the available frameworks to study city systems. The proposed model uses two wide variables: relative entropy when applied to city systems and the number of food selling points that can be observed in the same city system. Within this model one can easily classify city systems, obtaining four major categories: modern-dispersed, modern-incomplete, traditional-complete and mixed city systems.

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  New York, NY  United States  10011-1710
• Authors:
  • de Carvalho, Jose Mexia Crespo
• Conference:
  • The 3rd International Conference on City Logistics
  • Location: Maderia , Portugal
  • Date: 2003-6-25 to 2003-6-27
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: First
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 178-189
• Monograph Title: Logistics Systems for Sustainable Cities

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Classification; Entropy (Statistical mechanics); Food; Logistics; Modernization; Organizational effectiveness; Supply; Systems; Theory
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01002733
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080442609
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 1 2005 8:04AM