Description:

Cities in antiquity and in the middle ages, renaissance ideal of a perfect city, 19. and 20. century cities, modern city planning, sustainability as a concept, historical development of transportation in cities, modern transportation systems, logistics as a concept, supply chain, logistics center, city logistics.

Recommended literature:

Woldeamanuel, M. G. Concepts in Urban Transportation Planning, McFarland, 2016
Roberston, M. Sustainability Principles and Practice, Routledge, 2017
Vuchic, V. R. Urban Transit. Systems and Technology, Wiley, 2007
Rushton, A. The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, KoganPage, 2017

Keywords:

city, region, urban planning, evolution of cities, sustainability, logistics

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar