Impact of Logistics on Urbanization in the Digital Economy

In the conditions of fast urbanization development, the issues of ensuring the comfort of the human life environment are becoming increasingly important. Along with the growth of cities and the influx of population into territories limited in terms of their area and infrastructure capacity, there is a widespread penetration of digital technologies into all spheres of human life. To date, the development of the human environment is associated with the implementation of a smart city concept, with the meaning of safe and comfortable environment based on the use of digital technologies. Logistics acts as an element that brings together various economic actors and ensures the continuity of the movement of material resources within the framework of goods production. The article discusses the main prerequisites for the necessity to develop logistics in order to create comfortable environment for human life, characterizes global trends in improving the logistics sector. The key areas of logistics inherent in the various stages of the formation of a comfortable living environment are identified, especially in urban areas. As a result of accomplished study, recommendations are given on the intensification of the logistics development in the context of increasing demands for quality of the human life environment.