A Review of the Spatial Pattern of the Logistics Industry

Abstract

By analyzing the research of domestic and foreign scholars on the spatial pattern of logistics industry, from the perspective of the concept of logistics and the research area, we use the literature research method to systematically sort out the relevant research progress about the spatial distribution of logistics. The progress of research on logistics industry is reviewed. The results show that: the research on the spatial pattern of logistics industry in foreign countries has started earlier and is relatively mature, and has basically formed a perfect theory, and can clearly understand that logistics industry has a great impact on economy and society; the reasonable optimization of the spatial pattern of logistics industry can realize the optimal allocation of resource factors, and different regions have shown their own uniqueness in the process of evolution. The research method has changed from qualitative description and simple quantitative evaluation to the use of qualitative and quantitative combination, cluster analysis, GIS spatial analysis, factor analysis and other technical methods; with the advent of the era of scientific and technological information, big data or new data began to be applied to the study of logistics industry space. Compared with the developed regions in the east, the research results on the spatial pattern of logistics industry in Xinjiang are not very rich. With the development and evolution of the spatial pattern of logistics industry, most of the previous researches are based on gravity model and vector autoregressive Granger causality test; and the study of the distribution of the spatial pattern of logistics industry in terms of time or geographical space is relatively single.