Urbanization is undoubtedly a dynamically developing phenomenon. The phenomenon of the city has always attracted people by promising them a different – better life. When cities reach a population exceeding 10 million, managing such a mega-city begins to complicate to such an extent that the city is threatened with paralysis. Poverty and wealth, modernity and backwardness, cleanliness and dirt – these are just some examples of polarization. Applying logistics in such an environment requires an individual, also polarized approach, adequate to the problems being solved. This article is devoted to the dilemmas of applying logistics in such outlined conditions.
The article comes from the magazine “Logistyka” 3/2007.