Policies and Current Issues for the Improvement of Urban Logistics Systems

Prof., Dr. Hirohito KUSE
Tokyo Univ. of Marine Science and Technology
(Tokyo Univ. of Mercantile Marine)
Dept. of Logistics and Information Eng

1. Logistics and Freight Transport
1.1 Definition of Logistics
1.2 Transportation and Distribution

2. Change of Logistics systems
2.1 Improvement of Logistics Technology
2.2 High Value-Added Commodity
2.3 Cost Down and Value-Added

3. Industrialization for Global Logistics and Social Logistics
3.1 Basic Concept of Global Logistics
3.2 Economic Development and Global Logistics
3.3 Three Elements of Logistics Infrastructure
3.4 Effects of Information Systems

4. Urbanization and Physical Distribution Policy
4.1 Social Problems due to Logistics
4.2 Urban Logistics Systems and Countermeasures
4.3 Possible Solutions to Social Problems