Innovative Goods Distribution at the Human Scale
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2013-09-05
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This thesis has initiated an important discussion in the fields of environmental design and, more specifically, of urban goods distribution. Through a variety of design-research based methodologies, it has been shown that the use of a modern breed of cargobikes, with roots in the 19th century, can provide a human-scale goods distribution model with a seamless fit in the urban core. While this new mode of goods distribution may not immediately alter the physical landscape of the urban core, it will add a flash of colour to the kinetic landscape of the city’s street at the human-scale and will provide city-goers, whether on foot or in a vehicle, with a fleeting reprieve from the otherwise predictable surroundings.
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Architecture, Transportation, Urban and Regional Planning
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Harmer, A. (2013). Innovative Goods Distribution at the Human Scale (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26541