ABSTRACT
Many cities have tested the Urban Distribution Center (UDC) concept over the last two decades, seeking to reduce unnecessary vehicle movement, and thus congestion and pollution. This chapter contains a description of this logistic concept. Section 8.1 starts with a description of the basic principles underlying the UDC concept, followed by its historical evolution, and Section 8.2 elaborates on the objective-based, practice-based, and future-based evaluation of UDCs.
