Perceptions of Urban Logistics by the Residents of Cities: The Case of Almaty in Kazakhstan

Maulsharif M. Kylyshbayeva B. Beimisheva A. Aznabakiyeva M.
2023 Center for Cities, University of Moratuwa

ISVS e-journal
2023 #10 Issue 4 189 - 200 pp.

It is the suburbs, not the center, that forms a city. The infrastructure and transport state of a city affects the way people design and perceive the city centers. A citizen-oriented urban logistics system helps in making cities people-friendly. This issue attracts the interest of researchers from different research fields, not only architecture, urban planning and urban design but even social sciences, because it involves people This paper analyses the perceptions of the districts of a city by its residents. City-planning, if based on the information delivered ‘bottom-up’, meets the interests and the real needs of its people. Such an approach to city planning promotes the formation of city policies that addresses the challenges which arise in the context of sustainable developments. The study relied on the concept of functional urban areas, according to which a city consists of a densely populated center and adjacent suburbs. The empirical data was obtained by administering a questionnaire with the residents of Almaty, Kazakhstan on the issues that reflect the realities of city logistics. These involve the geographic and psychological definitions of their places of residence, the city center; transport infrastructure and intracity mobility; leisure; places of purchase, and the potential for the development of online shopping. The analysis of the real interests and needs of the Almaty population revealed the inefficient approaches to city planning, economics, and infrastructure development in Kazakhstan. The paper argues that instead, it should be based on sustainable development concepts

accessibility of amenities , city , city logistics , polycentrism , transport infrastructure

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Department of Sociology and Social Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Social Science, Narxoz University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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