Innovative Goods Distribution at the Human Scale

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Environmental Design (MEDes)

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Environmental Design

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Harmer, Alexander

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Gadbois, Denis

• Architecture
• Transportation
• Urban and Regional Planning

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26541

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/923