The Role of Municipalities in Construction Logistics for Sustainable Cities: A study to research the prerequisites of effective construction logistics with a municipality perspective
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Cities are evolving with increased urbanisation and many construction projects are
hence taking place in parallel in dense city areas. This means that accessibility in cities
comes to the forefront when many projects need to share a limited space in the built
environment. Thus, construction logistics to and from the sites becomes challenging.
Previous studies have identified that the municipalities have an important role to play
because they have a mandate to regulate how construction logistics solutions are
designed and used to meet the demands of sustainability and the citizen’s needs.
Accordingly, the study that is conducted with AFRY, aims to investigate the
municipalities’ role, incentives, and responsibilities in achieving sustainable
construction logistics. The case study covers the project Stockholm Royal Seaport and
The City of Stockholm’s implementation of a construction logistics solution as well as
three other municipalities’: City of Gothenburg, municipality of Uppsala and the
municipalities of Södertörn, positions and perceptions of construction logistics.
The result of the study shows that the implementation of construction logistics solutions
have varied in the studied municipalities. At the same time, all municipalities show an
interest in construction logistics and see the benefits in an implementation. Construction
logistics is considered important as it can reduce the climate impact and contributes to
an attractive city. Construction logistics solutions thus contributes to the municipalities
goals of reducing emission and is connected to the UN’s Sustainability Development
Goals.
The study concludes that to be able to implement a well-functioning construction
logistics solution, the solution has to be developed by actors who possess the right
knowledge and experience. Furthermore, the potentials with construction logistics have
to be discussed at an early stage with affected stakeholders to create awareness and
engagement among them. The result points out that an implementation of a construction
logistic solution should be stated in the municipalities land allocation agreement in case
of municipality-owned land or the land development agreement if the land is owned by
a private actor
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Construction logistics, Land allocation, Land development agreement, Land development department, Municipality, Sustainability