Urban Logistics and Mobility in the City of Yaoundé
Abstract:
The purpose of this communication is to demonstrate that the organization of good urban logistics in the city of Yaoundé can contribute to urban mobility if decentralized local authorities are involved with regard to the transfer of skills. Urban logistics is at the center of urban mobility of the flow of companies and people on time and at lower cost. Urban logistics makes it possible to optimize the flow of goods and people in urban centers, agglomerations, peripheries and even interurban flows, to produce and create income quickly and consequently, Cameroon draws economic growth, improving urban mobility and the well-being of the populations in the city of Yaoundé. This work is based on the field survey and the analysis of existing diachronic and synchronic sources on the city of Yaoundé and its peri-urban localities. The qualitative approach by observation is not left out for the analysis of the impact of this urban logistics on urban mobility. Empirical results show that urban logistics in the city of Yaoundé does not contribute enough to urban mobility due to poor urban policy by CTD actors and transport policies that are unsuitable for modern cities. In other words, infrastructure that is out of step with new cities or new towns. The originality of this research is twofold: Understanding the impact that urban logistics can have on population mobility and the link between demography and urban mobility in the city of Yaoundé.
