COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CITY LOGISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 4009 CITY LOGISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR VOLKAN ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

To Learn basic concept of city logistics, research literature about city logistics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have a detailed knowledge of the city logistics.
2   To have basic infrastructure related with city logistic functions.
3   Citical thinking related with city logistics to solve problems.
4   Efficient management of the relationship between businesses and their stakeholders in city logistics.
5   Develoing strategies and policies taking into account social, legal and environmental dimensions of city logistics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to city logistics: Main concept and definitions
2 City Logistics in the World and in Turkey
3 City logistics decisions
4 City Logistics models
5 Public transport in metropolitan areas
6 Urban Distribution System
7 Case Study: (Example Cities)
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Problems and Alternative Solutions for Cities
10 Performance Indexes for City Logistics
11 Intelligent Transport Systems of Future
12 Emergency logistics in metropolitan areas
13 Urban logistics analysis for Izmir
14 Student Presentations (Urban logistics analysis for other cities)
15 Student Presentations (Urban logistics analysis for other cities)
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

City Logistics, J.H.R. van Duin, R.G. Thompson, Tadashi Yamada, Emerald Group Publishing Limited; 1 edition (January 1, 2001
City Logistics 1 New opportunities and Challenges, Taniguchi, E., Thompson, R., Wiley, 2018.
City Logistics 2 Modelling and Planning Initiatives, Taniguchi, E., Thompson, R., Wiley, 2018.
City Logistics 3 Towards Sustainable and Liveable Cities, Taniguchi, E., Thompson, R., Wiley, 2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, problem solving.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ * 0.20 + ODV * 0.20 + DK * 0.10 + FN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.20 + ODV * 0.20 + DK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written competencies regarding the use of knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of City Logistics in terms of research, investigation and evaluation will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lect. Dr. Volkan Çetinkaya
Room: 211
Tel: 301 88 21

Office Hours

Friday 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

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